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Colour

#FFFA2A

  • #FFFA2A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA2A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 42 and HSL 59°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFA2A#FFFA2A
HEX#FFFA2A
RGBrgb(255, 250, 42)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.1647
RGB percentages100%, 98%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(58.6, 100%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 83.5%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 83.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,775,722
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.96:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#0005D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF640no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 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 text18.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 6.8Gold · ΔE 19Green yellow · ΔE 34.7Yellow green · ΔE 35.1Goldenrod · ΔE 41.9Khaki · ΔE 44.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A2FFF
Analogous#FF902A, #9AFF2A
Triadic#2AFFFA, #FA2AFF
Split complementary#2A99FF, #902AFF
Tetradic#2AFF90, #2A2FFF, #FF2A99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFF6
Lighter +30%#FFFEC3
Lighter +20%#FFFC90
Lighter +10%#FFFB5D
Darker −10%#F6F000
Darker −20%#C3BE00
Darker −30%#908D00
Darker −40%#5D5B00
More saturated +25%#FFFA2A
Less saturated −25%#E4E145

Channel breakdown

R255
G250
B42
Red255 (100%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue58.59°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 2A

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