Recognised as Colour

#FED005

#FED005
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FED005 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 208, 5 and HSL 49°, 99%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FED005#FED005

HEX#FED005

RGBrgb(254, 208, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8157, 0.0196

RGB percentages99.6%, 81.6%, 2%

HSLhsl(48.9, 99.2%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 98%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 18.1%, 98%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,699,397

CSS custom property--colour: #FED005;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.24:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#012FFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DA23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBDB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Orange · ΔE 25.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.4 Dark orange · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.07, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0533FE

Analogous#FE5405, #B0FE05

Triadic#05FED0, #D005FE

Split complementary#05B0FE, #5305FE

Tetradic#05FE53, #0533FE, #FE05B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6D0

Lighter +30%#FFED9D

Lighter +20%#FEE36B

Lighter +10%#FEDA38

Darker −10%#CFA901

Darker −20%#9C8001

Darker −30%#6A5600

Darker −40%#372D00

More saturated +25%#FFD104

Less saturated −25%#DFBC24

Channel breakdown

R254

G208

Red254 (99.6%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue48.92°

Saturation (HSL)99.2%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G D0 · B 05

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