Information about #FADB3D color

#FADB3D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #FADB3D is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(250, 219, 61) — 98% red, 85.9% green, 23.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 74 / 2. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pure, full-strength golden yellow, #FADB3D appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Wild Thing (#FAD443). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gorse (#FDE336) and Gargoyle Gas (#FFDF46).

In RGB terms — rgb(250, 219, 61) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FADB3D background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 15.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. No one has named #FADB3D so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#FADB3D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FADB3D color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FADB3D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FADB3D
  • RGB250, 219, 61
  • CMYK0, 12, 74, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 219, 61)
  • HSL50°, 95%, 61%
  • HSL Precise50.159°, 94.975%, 60.98%
  • HSV50°, 76%, 98%
  • HSB50°, 76%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.859, 0.239)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.859, 0.239, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.859, 0.239)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFADB3D
  • DECIMAL ID16440125
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01