Recognised as Colour

#FED251

#FED251
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FED251 is a orange with RGB values 254, 210, 81 and HSL 45°, 99%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#FED251

RGBrgb(254, 210, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8235, 0.3176

RGB percentages99.6%, 82.4%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(44.7, 98.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.7, 68.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 17.3%, 68.1%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,699,985

CSS custom property--colour: #FED251;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.55:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#012DAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D040no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DC57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Gold · ΔE 20.5 Khaki · ΔE 25.2 Orange · ΔE 27 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#517DFE

Analogous#FE7B51, #D4FE51

Triadic#51FED2, #D251FE

Split complementary#51D4FE, #7B51FE

Tetradic#51FE7B, #517DFE, #FE51D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF9E9

Lighter +20%#FFECB6

Lighter +10%#FEDF84

Darker −10%#FEC51E

Darker −20%#E8AD01

Darker −30%#B58701

Darker −40%#826101

More saturated +25%#FFD250

Less saturated −25%#E8C767

Channel breakdown

R254

G210

B81

Red254 (99.6%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue44.74°

Saturation (HSL)98.86%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G D2 · B 51

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