Recognised as Colour

#FBCD00

#FBCD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBCD00 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 205, 0 and HSL 49°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBCD00#FBCD00

HEX#FBCD00

RGBrgb(251, 205, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8039, 0

RGB percentages98.4%, 80.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(49, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 18.3%, 100%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,502,016

CSS custom property--colour: #FBCD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.83:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#0432FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D720no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBAAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Orange · ΔE 25 Yellow · ΔE 28.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.4 Dark orange · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#002EFB

Analogous#FB4F00, #ACFB00

Triadic#00FBCD, #CD00FB

Split complementary#00ABFB, #5000FB

Tetradic#00FB4F, #002EFB, #FB00AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF5C8

Lighter +30%#FFEC95

Lighter +20%#FFE262

Lighter +10%#FFD92F

Darker −10%#C8A300

Darker −20%#957A00

Darker −30%#625000

Darker −40%#2F2600

More saturated +25%#FBCD00

Less saturated −25%#DCB91F

Channel breakdown

R251

G205

Red251 (98.4%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G CD · B 00

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Tints, shades & saturation

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