Colour

#FFFA4E

#FFFA4E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA4E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 78 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

#FFFA4E#FFFA4E

HEX#FFFA4E

RGBrgb(255, 250, 78)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.3059

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(58.3, 100%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 69.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 69.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,758

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.04:1

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

Contrast with black19.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#0005B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF031no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF75Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 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 text19.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 16.6 Gold · ΔE 19.9 Yellow green · ΔE 30.8 Khaki · ΔE 35 Green yellow · ΔE 35.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E53FF

Analogous#FFA24E, #ACFF4E

Triadic#4EFFFA, #FA4EFF

Split complementary#4EABFF, #A24EFF

Tetradic#4EFFA2, #4E53FF, #FF4EAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEE7

Lighter +20%#FFFDB4

Lighter +10%#FFFB81

Darker −10%#FFF91B

Darker −20%#E7E000

Darker −30%#B4AF00

Darker −40%#817D00

More saturated +25%#FFFA4E

Less saturated −25%#E9E564

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B78

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue58.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 4E

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Colour values

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