Colour

#FEDB00

#FEDB00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FEDB00 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 219, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FEDB00#FEDB00

HEX#FEDB00

RGBrgb(254, 219, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.8588, 0

RGB percentages99.6%, 85.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.7, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 13.8%, 100%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,702,208

CSS custom property--colour: #FEDB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0124FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.7 Yellow · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Orange · ΔE 32.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.6 Yellow green · ΔE 41.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.68, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0023FE

Analogous#FE5C00, #A2FE00

Triadic#00FEDB, #DB00FE

Split complementary#00A2FE, #5C00FE

Tetradic#00FE5C, #0023FE, #FE00A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8CB

Lighter +30%#FFF198

Lighter +20%#FFEA65

Lighter +10%#FFE332

Darker −10%#CBAF00

Darker −20%#988300

Darker −30%#655700

Darker −40%#322B00

More saturated +25%#FEDB00

Less saturated −25%#DEC420

Channel breakdown

R254

G219

Red254 (99.6%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G DB · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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