Recognised as Colour

#FBF35A

#FBF35A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FBF35A is a yellow with RGB values 251, 243, 90 and HSL 57°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FBF35A#FBF35A

HEX#FBF35A

RGBrgb(251, 243, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9529, 0.3529

RGB percentages98.4%, 95.3%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(57, 95.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 64.1%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 64.1%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,511,834

CSS custom property--colour: #FBF35A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.07:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#040CA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEA46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF164no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE4D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.3 Yellow · ΔE 23.7 Khaki · ΔE 27.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.2 Green yellow · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A62FB

Analogous#FBA35A, #B3FB5A

Triadic#5AFBF3, #F35AFB

Split complementary#5AB3FB, #A35AFB

Tetradic#5AFBA3, #5A62FB, #FB5AB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEEF

Lighter +20%#FDFABE

Lighter +10%#FCF78C

Darker −10%#FAEF28

Darker −20%#E9DE06

Darker −30%#B8AF04

Darker −40%#867F03

More saturated +25%#FFF756

Less saturated −25%#E6E06F

Channel breakdown

R251

G243

B90

Red251 (98.4%)

Green243 (95.3%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue57.02°

Saturation (HSL)95.27%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G F3 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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