Recognised as Colour

#FFCA0A

#FFCA0A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFCA0A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 202, 10 and HSL 47°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFCA0A#FFCA0A

HEX#FFCA0A

RGBrgb(255, 202, 10)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7922, 0.0392

RGB percentages100%, 79.2%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(47, 100%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 96.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 20.8%, 96.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,763,402

CSS custom property--colour: #FFCA0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#0035F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D723no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB7ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Orange · ΔE 21.7 Yellow · ΔE 31.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.8 Dark orange · ΔE 36.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A3FFF

Analogous#FF4F0A, #BAFF0A

Triadic#0AFFCA, #CA0AFF

Split complementary#0ABAFF, #4F0AFF

Tetradic#0AFF50, #0A3FFF, #FF0ABA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6D6

Lighter +30%#FFEBA3

Lighter +20%#FFE070

Lighter +10%#FFD53D

Darker −10%#D6A800

Darker −20%#A38000

Darker −30%#705800

Darker −40%#3D3000

More saturated +25%#FFCA0A

Less saturated −25%#E0B929

Channel breakdown

R255

G202

B10

Red255 (100%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue47.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G CA · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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