Recognised as Colour

#FBDF28

#FBDF28
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBDF28 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 223, 40 and HSL 52°, 96%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBDF28#FBDF28

HEX#FBDF28

RGBrgb(251, 223, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8745, 0.1569

RGB percentages98.4%, 87.5%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(52, 96.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 84.1%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 84.1%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,506,664

CSS custom property--colour: #FBDF28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0420D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE339no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7 Yellow · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9 Khaki · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2844FB

Analogous#FB7528, #AEFB28

Triadic#28FBDF, #DF28FB

Split complementary#28AEFB, #7528FB

Tetradic#28FB75, #2844FB, #FB28AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF0

Lighter +30%#FEF5BE

Lighter +20%#FDEE8C

Lighter +10%#FCE65A

Darker −10%#ECCD04

Darker −20%#BAA103

Darker −30%#877603

Darker −40%#554A02

More saturated +25%#FFE224

Less saturated −25%#E0CB43

Channel breakdown

R251

G223

B40

Red251 (98.4%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue52.04°

Saturation (HSL)96.35%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G DF · B 28

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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