Recognised as Colour

#FBF95E

#FBF95E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FBF95E is a yellow with RGB values 251, 249, 94 and HSL 59°, 95%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FBF95E#FBF95E

HEX#FBF95E

RGBrgb(251, 249, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9765, 0.3686

RGB percentages98.4%, 97.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(59.2, 95.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 62.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 62.5%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,513,374

CSS custom property--colour: #FBF95E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.81:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#0406A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 22.9 Gold · ΔE 23.5 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4 Khaki · ΔE 28.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.2 Green yellow · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 22.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E60FB

Analogous#FBAB5E, #AEFB5E

Triadic#5EFBF9, #F95EFB

Split complementary#5EAFFB, #AA5EFB

Tetradic#5EFBAB, #5E60FB, #FB5EAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFF3

Lighter +20%#FDFDC2

Lighter +10%#FCFB90

Darker −10%#FAF72C

Darker −20%#EDEA06

Darker −30%#BBB905

Darker −40%#8A8803

More saturated +25%#FFFD5A

Less saturated −25%#E6E573

Channel breakdown

R251

G249

B94

Red251 (98.4%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue59.24°

Saturation (HSL)95.15%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G F9 · B 5E

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