Colour

#FAFA59

#FAFA59
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FAFA59 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 250, 89 and HSL 60°, 94%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAFA59#FAFA59

HEX#FAFA59

RGBrgb(250, 250, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9804, 0.349

RGB percentages98%, 98%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(60, 94.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 64.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 64.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,448,089

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFA59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.88:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#0505A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF043no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF564no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 20.7 Gold · ΔE 23.1 Yellow green · ΔE 28.2 Khaki · ΔE 31.1 Green yellow · ΔE 34.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 20.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5959FA

Analogous#FAAA59, #AAFA59

Triadic#59FAFA, #FA59FA

Split complementary#59AAFA, #AA59FA

Tetradic#59FAAA, #5959FA, #FA59AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEEE

Lighter +20%#FDFDBC

Lighter +10%#FBFB8B

Darker −10%#F9F927

Darker −20%#E6E607

Darker −30%#B5B505

Darker −40%#838304

More saturated +25%#FFFF54

Less saturated −25%#E5E56E

Channel breakdown

R250

G250

B89

Red250 (98%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FA · G FA · B 59

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