Colour

#FBE012

#FBE012
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBE012 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 224, 18 and HSL 53°, 97%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBE012#FBE012

HEX#FBE012

RGBrgb(251, 224, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8784, 0.0706

RGB percentages98.4%, 87.8%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(53, 96.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 92.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 92.8%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,506,898

CSS custom property--colour: #FBE012;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.77:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#041FED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE32Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.4 Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.4 Orange · ΔE 35.7 Yellow green · ΔE 38.2 Khaki · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#122DFB

Analogous#FB6C12, #A2FB12

Triadic#12FBE0, #E012FB

Split complementary#12A1FB, #6C12FB

Tetradic#12FB6C, #122DFB, #FB12A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFADB

Lighter +30%#FEF4A8

Lighter +20%#FDED76

Lighter +10%#FCE744

Darker −10%#D6BE04

Darker −20%#A49203

Darker −30%#726502

Darker −40%#403901

More saturated +25%#FFE30E

Less saturated −25%#DDC930

Channel breakdown

R251

G224

B18

Red251 (98.4%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue53.05°

Saturation (HSL)96.68%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G E0 · B 12

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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