Colour

#FBDC00

#FBDC00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBDC00 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 220, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBDC00#FBDC00

HEX#FBDC00

RGBrgb(251, 220, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8627, 0

RGB percentages98.4%, 86.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 100%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,505,856

CSS custom property--colour: #FBDC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0423FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE126no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.3 Yellow · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.3 Orange · ΔE 33.8 Yellow green · ΔE 39.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.34, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001FFB

Analogous#FB5E00, #9DFB00

Triadic#00FBDC, #DC00FB

Split complementary#009CFB, #5F00FB

Tetradic#00FB5F, #001FFB, #FB009C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8C8

Lighter +30%#FFF295

Lighter +20%#FFEC62

Lighter +10%#FFE52F

Darker −10%#C8AF00

Darker −20%#958300

Darker −30%#625600

Darker −40%#2F2900

More saturated +25%#FBDC00

Less saturated −25%#DCC41F

Channel breakdown

R251

G220

Red251 (98.4%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G DC · B 00

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