Recognised as Colour

#FBED12

#FBED12
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FBED12 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 237, 18 and HSL 56°, 97%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FBED12#FBED12

HEX#FBED12

RGBrgb(251, 237, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9294, 0.0706

RGB percentages98.4%, 92.9%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(56.4, 96.7%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 92.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 92.8%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,510,226

CSS custom property--colour: #FBED12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#0412ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.2 Gold · ΔE 13.7 Yellow green · ΔE 36.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.4 Green yellow · ΔE 38.8 Orange · ΔE 43.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1220FB

Analogous#FB7812, #95FB12

Triadic#12FBED, #ED12FB

Split complementary#1295FB, #7812FB

Tetradic#12FB78, #1220FB, #FB1295

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCDB

Lighter +30%#FEF8A8

Lighter +20%#FDF576

Lighter +10%#FCF144

Darker −10%#D6CA04

Darker −20%#A49B03

Darker −30%#726B02

Darker −40%#403C01

More saturated +25%#FFF10E

Less saturated −25%#DDD230

Channel breakdown

R251

G237

B18

Red251 (98.4%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue56.39°

Saturation (HSL)96.68%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G ED · B 12

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