Recognised as Colour

#FFFB6A

#FFFB6A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFFB6A is a yellow with RGB values 255, 251, 106 and HSL 58°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFB6A#FFFB6A

HEX#FFFB6A

RGBrgb(255, 251, 106)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9843, 0.4157

RGB percentages100%, 98.4%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(58.4, 100%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 58.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 58.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,042

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFB6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness240.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.26:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1

Inverted#000495

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF25Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF872no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFECDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 25.1 Gold · ΔE 25.6 Yellow · ΔE 26.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 25.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A6EFF

Analogous#FFB16A, #B8FF6A

Triadic#6AFFFB, #FB6AFF

Split complementary#6AB8FF, #B16AFF

Tetradic#6AFFB1, #6A6EFF, #FF6AB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFED0

Lighter +10%#FFFC9D

Darker −10%#FFFA37

Darker −20%#FFF804

Darker −30%#D0CA00

Darker −40%#9D9900

More saturated +25%#FFFB6A

Less saturated −25%#ECE97D

Channel breakdown

R255

G251

B106

Red255 (100%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue58.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FB · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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