Colour

#FAE077

#FAE077
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE077 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 224, 119 and HSL 48°, 93%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE077#FAE077

HEX#FAE077

RGBrgb(250, 224, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8784, 0.4667

RGB percentages98%, 87.8%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(48.1, 92.9%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.1, 52.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10.4%, 52.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,463

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE077;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#051F88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DC6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E47Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Navajo white · ΔE 27.2 Moccasin · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7791FA

Analogous#FA9E77, #D3FA77

Triadic#77FAE0, #E077FA

Split complementary#77D2FA, #9F77FA

Tetradic#77FA9E, #7791FA, #FA77D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF6D9

Lighter +10%#FCEBA8

Darker −10%#F8D546

Darker −20%#F6CA15

Darker −30%#D0A908

Darker −40%#9F8106

More saturated +25%#FFE372

Less saturated −25%#E8D589

Channel breakdown

R250

G224

B119

Red250 (98%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue48.09°

Saturation (HSL)92.91%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E0 · B 77

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Colour values

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