Recognised as Colour

#FBE46D

#FBE46D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FBE46D is a yellow with RGB values 251, 228, 109 and HSL 50°, 95%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FBE46D#FBE46D

HEX#FBE46D

RGBrgb(251, 228, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.8941, 0.4275

RGB percentages98.4%, 89.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(50.3, 94.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 56.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 56.6%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,508,013

CSS custom property--colour: #FBE46D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.42:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#041B92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DF61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE773no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8 Gold · ΔE 27.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Navajo white · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D84FB

Analogous#FB9D6D, #CBFB6D

Triadic#6DFBE4, #E46DFB

Split complementary#6DCBFB, #9D6DFB

Tetradic#6DFB9D, #6D84FB, #FB6DCB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF6D0

Lighter +10%#FCED9F

Darker −10%#FADB3B

Darker −20%#F8D20A

Darker −30%#C9AA06

Darker −40%#988004

More saturated +25%#FFE769

Less saturated −25%#E8D780

Channel breakdown

R251

G228

B109

Red251 (98.4%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue50.28°

Saturation (HSL)94.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G E4 · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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