Colour

#FEC851

#FEC851
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FEC851 is a orange with RGB values 254, 200, 81 and HSL 41°, 99%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FEC851#FEC851

HEX#FEC851

RGBrgb(254, 200, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.7843, 0.3176

RGB percentages99.6%, 78.4%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(41.3, 98.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.3, 68.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 21.3%, 68.1%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,697,425

CSS custom property--colour: #FEC851;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#0137AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C842no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB7AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 13.3 Orange · ΔE 23.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 24.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.5 Khaki · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 13.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5187FE

Analogous#FE7151, #DDFE51

Triadic#51FEC8, #C851FE

Split complementary#51DDFE, #7251FE

Tetradic#51FE72, #5187FE, #FE51DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF8E9

Lighter +20%#FFE8B6

Lighter +10%#FED884

Darker −10%#FEB81E

Darker −20%#E8A001

Darker −30%#B57D01

Darker −40%#825A01

More saturated +25%#FFC850

Less saturated −25%#E8C067

Channel breakdown

R254

G200

B81

Red254 (99.6%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue41.27°

Saturation (HSL)98.86%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G C8 · B 51

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Colour values

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