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Recognised as Colour

#FFFA02

  • #FFFA02
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA02 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 2 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

#FFFA02#FFFA02
HEX#FFFA02
RGBrgb(255, 250, 2)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.0078
RGB percentages100%, 98%, 0.8%
HSLhsl(58.8, 100%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 99.2%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 99.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,775,682
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89636WCAG 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#0005FD

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 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 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 38Goldenrod · ΔE 44.7Khaki · ΔE 49.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 2.93, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0207FF
Analogous#FF7C02, #85FF02
Triadic#02FFFA, #FA02FF
Split complementary#0285FF, #7C02FF
Tetradic#02FF7C, #0207FF, #FF0285

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFECE
Lighter +30%#FFFD9B
Lighter +20%#FFFC68
Lighter +10%#FFFB35
Darker −10%#CECA00
Darker −20%#9B9800
Darker −30%#686600
Darker −40%#353400
More saturated +25%#FFFA02
Less saturated −25%#DFDC22

Channel breakdown

R255
G250
B2
Red255 (100%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue2 (0.8%)
Hue58.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 02

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