Recognised as Colour
#FED82A
- #FED82A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FED82A is a yellow with RGB values 254, 216, 42 and HSL 49°, 99%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FED82A#FED82A
HEX#FED82A
RGBrgb(254, 216, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8471, 0.1647
RGB percentages99.6%, 84.7%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(49.2, 99.1%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 83.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 83.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,701,482
CSS custom property--colour: #FED82A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.7035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#0127D5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2A50FE
Analogous#FE6E2A, #BAFE2A
Triadic#2AFED8, #D82AFE
Split complementary#2ABAFE, #6E2AFE
Tetradic#2AFE6E, #2A50FE, #FE2ABA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R254
G216
B42
Red254 (99.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue49.25°
Saturation (HSL)99.07%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FE · G D8 · B 2A
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