Recognised as Colour

#FBE69A

#FBE69A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FBE69A is a yellow with RGB values 251, 230, 154 and HSL 47°, 92%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FBE69A#FBE69A

HEX#FBE69A

RGBrgb(251, 230, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.902, 0.6039

RGB percentages98.4%, 90.2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(47, 92.4%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 38.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 38.6%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,508,570

CSS custom property--colour: #FBE69A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#041965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E394no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE99Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.6 Navajo white · ΔE 13.8 Moccasin · ΔE 14.5 Wheat · ΔE 16.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AAFFB

Analogous#FBB69A, #DFFB9A

Triadic#9AFBE6, #E69AFB

Split complementary#9AE0FB, #B59AFB

Tetradic#9AFBB5, #9AAFFB, #FB9AE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFC

Lighter +10%#FDF2CB

Darker −10%#F9DA69

Darker −20%#F7CE38

Darker −30%#F2C00A

Darker −40%#C19908

More saturated +25%#FFE896

Less saturated −25%#EEDFA7

Channel breakdown

R251

G230

B154

Red251 (98.4%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue47.01°

Saturation (HSL)92.38%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G E6 · B 9A

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