Colour

#FBE785

#FBE785
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FBE785 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 231, 133 and HSL 50°, 94%, 75%. 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

#FBE785#FBE785

HEX#FBE785

RGBrgb(251, 231, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9059, 0.5216

RGB percentages98.4%, 90.6%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(49.8, 93.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 47%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 47%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,508,805

CSS custom property--colour: #FBE785;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.87:1

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

Contrast with black16.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#04187A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E27Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 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 text16.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Navajo white · ΔE 24 Moccasin · ΔE 25 Wheat · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8599FB

Analogous#FBAC85, #D4FB85

Triadic#85FBE7, #E785FB

Split complementary#85D4FB, #AC85FB

Tetradic#85FBAC, #8599FB, #FB85D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAE8

Lighter +10%#FDF1B6

Darker −10%#F9DD54

Darker −20%#F8D422

Darker −30%#E0BB07

Darker −40%#AE9206

More saturated +25%#FFEA81

Less saturated −25%#EBDD95

Channel breakdown

R251

G231

B133

Red251 (98.4%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue49.83°

Saturation (HSL)93.65%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G E7 · B 85

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