Recognised as Colour

#FED909

#FED909
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FED909 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 217, 9 and HSL 51°, 99%, 52%. 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

#FED909#FED909

HEX#FED909

RGBrgb(254, 217, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.851, 0.0353

RGB percentages99.6%, 85.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(50.9, 99.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 96.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 96.5%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,701,705

CSS custom property--colour: #FED909;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0126F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 1.5 Yellow · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.1 Orange · ΔE 30.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39.2 Yellow green · ΔE 41.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 1.51, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#092EFE

Analogous#FE5F09, #A8FE09

Triadic#09FED9, #D909FE

Split complementary#09A8FE, #5F09FE

Tetradic#09FE5F, #092EFE, #FE09A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8D4

Lighter +30%#FFF1A1

Lighter +20%#FEE96F

Lighter +10%#FEE13C

Darker −10%#D3B301

Darker −20%#A08801

Darker −30%#6E5D00

Darker −40%#3B3200

More saturated +25%#FFDA08

Less saturated −25%#DFC328

Channel breakdown

R254

G217

Red254 (99.6%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue50.94°

Saturation (HSL)99.19%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G D9 · B 09

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