Recognised as Colour

#FFFA61

#FFFA61
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFFA61 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 97 and HSL 58°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFFA61#FFFA61

HEX#FFFA61

RGBrgb(255, 250, 97)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.3804

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 38%

HSLhsl(58.1, 100%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 62%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 62%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,777

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFA61;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.1:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#00059E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF14Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF76Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.2 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 text19.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 23.2 Yellow · ΔE 23.6 Khaki · ΔE 28.1 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.6 Green yellow · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 23.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6166FF

Analogous#FFAB61, #B5FF61

Triadic#61FFFA, #FA61FF

Split complementary#61B5FF, #AB61FF

Tetradic#61FFAB, #6166FF, #FF61B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFA

Lighter +20%#FFFDC7

Lighter +10%#FFFC94

Darker −10%#FFF82E

Darker −20%#FAF200

Darker −30%#C7C100

Darker −40%#948F00

More saturated +25%#FFFA61

Less saturated −25%#EBE775

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B97

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue58.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B 61

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