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Recognised as Colour

#FFFA4A

  • #FFFA4A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA4A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 74 and HSL 58°, 100%, 65%. 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

#FFFA4A#FFFA4A
HEX#FFFA4A
RGBrgb(255, 250, 74)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.2902
RGB percentages100%, 98%, 29%
HSLhsl(58.3, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 71%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 71%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,775,754
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.03:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#0005B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF029no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFEAD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 15.2Gold · ΔE 19.5Yellow green · ΔE 31.2Green yellow · ΔE 35.2Khaki · ΔE 36.3Goldenrod · ΔE 37.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 15.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A4FFF
Analogous#FFA04A, #A9FF4A
Triadic#4AFFFA, #FA4AFF
Split complementary#4AA9FF, #A04AFF
Tetradic#4AFFA0, #4A4FFF, #FF4AA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEE3
Lighter +20%#FFFDB0
Lighter +10%#FFFB7D
Darker −10%#FFF917
Darker −20%#E3DD00
Darker −30%#B0AB00
Darker −40%#7D7A00
More saturated +25%#FFFA4A
Less saturated −25%#E8E561

Channel breakdown

R255
G250
B74
Red255 (100%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue58.34°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 4A

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