Recognised as Colour

#FAFA70

#FAFA70
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAFA70 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 250, 112 and HSL 60°, 93%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAFA70#FAFA70

HEX#FAFA70

RGBrgb(250, 250, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9804, 0.4392

RGB percentages98%, 98%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(60, 93.2%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 55.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 55.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,448,112

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFA70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.97:1

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

Contrast with black18.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#05058F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF161no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFECDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 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 text18.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 22.3 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4 Gold · ΔE 28.5 Yellow · ΔE 29.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 35.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 22.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7070FA

Analogous#FAB570, #B5FA70

Triadic#70FAFA, #FA70FA

Split complementary#70B5FA, #B570FA

Tetradic#70FAB5, #7070FA, #FA70B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDD3

Lighter +10%#FCFCA1

Darker −10%#F8F83F

Darker −20%#F7F70D

Darker −30%#CACA07

Darker −40%#999905

More saturated +25%#FFFF6B

Less saturated −25%#E7E783

Channel breakdown

R250

G250

B112

Red250 (98%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)93.24%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FA · G FA · B 70

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