Recognised as Colour

#FBD55C

#FBD55C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FBD55C is a yellow with RGB values 251, 213, 92 and HSL 46°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FBD55C#FBD55C

HEX#FBD55C

RGBrgb(251, 213, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8353, 0.3608

RGB percentages98.4%, 83.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(45.7, 95.2%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 63.3%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 15.1%, 63.3%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,504,156

CSS custom property--colour: #FBD55C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#042AA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD24Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DD62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Khaki · ΔE 20.6 Gold · ΔE 24.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Sandy brown · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 18.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C82FB

Analogous#FB855C, #D2FB5C

Triadic#5CFBD5, #D55CFB

Split complementary#5CD2FB, #855CFB

Tetradic#5CFB85, #5C82FB, #FB5CD2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBF1

Lighter +20%#FDEFC0

Lighter +10%#FCE28E

Darker −10%#FAC82A

Darker −20%#EBB406

Darker −30%#B98E05

Darker −40%#886803

More saturated +25%#FFD758

Less saturated −25%#E6CA71

Channel breakdown

R251

G213

B92

Red251 (98.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue45.66°

Saturation (HSL)95.21%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G D5 · B 5C

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