Recognised as Colour

#FBCB00

#FBCB00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBCB00 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 203, 0 and HSL 49°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBCB00#FBCB00

HEX#FBCB00

RGBrgb(251, 203, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.7961, 0

RGB percentages98.4%, 79.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(48.5, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 19.1%, 100%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,501,504

CSS custom property--colour: #FBCB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#0434FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D620no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB8ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Orange · ΔE 23.8 Yellow · ΔE 29.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.5 Dark orange · ΔE 38.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0030FB

Analogous#FB4E00, #ADFB00

Triadic#00FBCB, #CB00FB

Split complementary#00ADFB, #4E00FB

Tetradic#00FB4E, #0030FB, #FB00AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF4C8

Lighter +30%#FFEB95

Lighter +20%#FFE162

Lighter +10%#FFD72F

Darker −10%#C8A200

Darker −20%#957900

Darker −30%#624F00

Darker −40%#2F2600

More saturated +25%#FBCB00

Less saturated −25%#DCB81F

Channel breakdown

R251

G203

Red251 (98.4%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue48.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G CB · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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