Colour
#FAE030
- #FAE030
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAE030 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 224, 48 and HSL 52°, 95%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FAE030#FAE030
HEX#FAE030
RGBrgb(250, 224, 48)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8784, 0.1882
RGB percentages98%, 87.8%, 18.8%
HSLhsl(52.3, 95.3%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 80.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10.4%, 80.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,392
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE030;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.73849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.77:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#051FCF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#304AFA
Analogous#FA7B30, #AFFA30
Triadic#30FAE0, #E030FA
Split complementary#30AFFA, #7B30FA
Tetradic#30FA7B, #304AFA, #FA30AF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G224
B48
Red250 (98%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue48 (18.8%)
Hue52.28°
Saturation (HSL)95.28%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E0 · B 30
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