Colour

#FBE600

#FBE600
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBE600 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 230, 0 and HSL 55°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBE600#FBE600

HEX#FBE600

RGBrgb(251, 230, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.902, 0

RGB percentages98.4%, 90.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(55, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 100%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,508,416

CSS custom property--colour: #FBE600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.4 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#DADADA

Inverted#0419FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE729no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 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

Gold · ΔE 10.1 Yellow · ΔE 13.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.6 Yellow green · ΔE 37.9 Orange · ΔE 39.7 Green yellow · ΔE 42.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0015FB

Analogous#FB6900, #92FB00

Triadic#00FBE6, #E600FB

Split complementary#0092FB, #6900FB

Tetradic#00FB69, #0015FB, #FB0092

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFAC8

Lighter +30%#FFF695

Lighter +20%#FFF262

Lighter +10%#FFEE2F

Darker −10%#C8B700

Darker −20%#958900

Darker −30%#625A00

Darker −40%#2F2B00

More saturated +25%#FBE600

Less saturated −25%#DCCC1F

Channel breakdown

R251

G230

Red251 (98.4%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue54.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G E6 · B 00

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