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Recognised as Colour

#FFFA01

  • #FFFA01
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA01 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 1 and HSL 59°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFA01#FFFA01
HEX#FFFA01
RGBrgb(255, 250, 1)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.0039
RGB percentages100%, 98%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(58.8, 100%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 99.6%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 99.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,775,681
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.93:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#0005FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF630no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 2.9Gold · ΔE 20.4Green yellow · ΔE 35.5Yellow green · ΔE 38.1Goldenrod · ΔE 44.8Khaki · ΔE 49.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 2.9, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0106FF
Analogous#FF7B01, #85FF01
Triadic#01FFFA, #FA01FF
Split complementary#0185FF, #7B01FF
Tetradic#01FF7B, #0106FF, #FF0185

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFECD
Lighter +30%#FFFD9A
Lighter +20%#FFFC67
Lighter +10%#FFFB34
Darker −10%#CDC900
Darker −20%#9A9700
Darker −30%#676500
Darker −40%#343300
More saturated +25%#FFFA01
Less saturated −25%#DFDB21

Channel breakdown

R255
G250
B1
Red255 (100%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue58.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 01

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