Recognised as Colour

#FAE11D

#FAE11D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE11D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 29 and HSL 53°, 96%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE11D#FAE11D

HEX#FAE11D

RGBrgb(250, 225, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.1137

RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(53.2, 95.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 88.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 88.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,629

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE11D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#051EE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE433no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.4 Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 30 Orange · ΔE 36.2 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9 Khaki · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D36FA

Analogous#FA721D, #A5FA1D

Triadic#1DFAE1, #E11DFA

Split complementary#1DA5FA, #721DFA

Tetradic#1DFA72, #1D36FA, #FA1DA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFBE5

Lighter +30%#FDF5B3

Lighter +20%#FCEE81

Lighter +10%#FBE84F

Darker −10%#DFC605

Darker −20%#AD9A04

Darker −30%#7B6E03

Darker −40%#494102

More saturated +25%#FFE518

Less saturated −25%#DDCB3A

Channel breakdown

R250

G225

B29

Red250 (98%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue53.21°

Saturation (HSL)95.67%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 1D

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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