Recognised as Colour

#FBD85B

#FBD85B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FBD85B is a yellow with RGB values 251, 216, 91 and HSL 47°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FBD85B#FBD85B

HEX#FBD85B

RGBrgb(251, 216, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8471, 0.3569

RGB percentages98.4%, 84.7%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(46.9, 95.2%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 63.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 63.7%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,504,923

CSS custom property--colour: #FBD85B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.08:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#0427A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD44Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DF61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Khaki · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 22.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Orange · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B7EFB

Analogous#FB885B, #CEFB5B

Triadic#5BFBD8, #D85BFB

Split complementary#5BCEFB, #885BFB

Tetradic#5BFB88, #5B7EFB, #FB5BCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF0

Lighter +20%#FDF0BF

Lighter +10%#FCE48D

Darker −10%#FACC29

Darker −20%#EAB806

Darker −30%#B89105

Darker −40%#876A03

More saturated +25%#FFDA57

Less saturated −25%#E6CC70

Channel breakdown

R251

G216

B91

Red251 (98.4%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue46.88°

Saturation (HSL)95.24%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G D8 · B 5B

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Colour harmonies

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