Colour

#FFFA5B

#FFFA5B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FFFA5B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 91 and HSL 58°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FFFA5B#FFFA5B

HEX#FFFA5B

RGBrgb(255, 250, 91)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.3569

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(58.2, 100%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 64.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 64.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,771

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.08:1

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

Contrast with black19.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#0005A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF145no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF765no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 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 text19.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 21.3 Gold · ΔE 21.9 Yellow green · ΔE 29.8 Khaki · ΔE 30.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.1 Green yellow · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 21.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B60FF

Analogous#FFA85B, #B2FF5B

Triadic#5BFFFA, #FA5BFF

Split complementary#5BB2FF, #A85BFF

Tetradic#5BFFA8, #5B60FF, #FF5BB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFF4

Lighter +20%#FFFDC1

Lighter +10%#FFFC8E

Darker −10%#FFF828

Darker −20%#F4ED00

Darker −30%#C1BB00

Darker −40%#8E8A00

More saturated +25%#FFFA5B

Less saturated −25%#EBE770

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B91

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue58.17°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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