Recognised as Colour

#FBDE26

#FBDE26
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBDE26 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 222, 38 and HSL 52°, 96%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBDE26#FBDE26

HEX#FBDE26

RGBrgb(251, 222, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8706, 0.149

RGB percentages98.4%, 87.1%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 96.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 84.9%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 84.9%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,506,406

CSS custom property--colour: #FBDE26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0421D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.4 Yellow · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Orange · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 37.3 Khaki · ΔE 38.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2643FB

Analogous#FB7426, #ADFB26

Triadic#26FBDE, #DE26FB

Split complementary#26ADFB, #7426FB

Tetradic#26FB74, #2643FB, #FB26AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCEE

Lighter +30%#FEF5BC

Lighter +20%#FDED8A

Lighter +10%#FCE658

Darker −10%#EACA04

Darker −20%#B89F03

Darker −30%#867402

Darker −40%#534802

More saturated +25%#FFE122

Less saturated −25%#DFCA42

Channel breakdown

R251

G222

B38

Red251 (98.4%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue51.83°

Saturation (HSL)96.38%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G DE · B 26

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