Recognised as Colour
#FAE040
- #FAE040
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAE040 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 224, 64 and HSL 52°, 95%, 62%. 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
#FAE040#FAE040
HEX#FAE040
RGBrgb(250, 224, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8784, 0.251
RGB percentages98%, 87.8%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(51.6, 94.9%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 74.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10.4%, 74.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,408
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE040;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.8:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#051FBF
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 text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#405AFA
Analogous#FA8340, #B7FA40
Triadic#40FAE0, #E040FA
Split complementary#40B7FA, #8340FA
Tetradic#40FA83, #405AFA, #FA40B7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G224
B64
Red250 (98%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue51.61°
Saturation (HSL)94.9%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E0 · B 40
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