Recognised as Colour

#FAE143

#FAE143
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE143 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 67 and HSL 52°, 95%, 62%. 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

#FAE143#FAE143

HEX#FAE143

RGBrgb(250, 225, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.2627

RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(51.8, 94.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 73.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 73.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,667

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE143;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.92:1

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

Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#051EBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DB26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE44Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 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 text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.2 Yellow · ΔE 24.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4 Khaki · ΔE 30.6 Yellow green · ΔE 34.1 Orange · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#435CFA

Analogous#FA8543, #B8FA43

Triadic#43FAE1, #E143FA

Split complementary#43B7FA, #8643FA

Tetradic#43FA86, #435CFA, #FA43B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF9D8

Lighter +20%#FDF1A6

Lighter +10%#FBE975

Darker −10%#F9D911

Darker −20%#D1B606

Darker −30%#A08B04

Darker −40%#6E5F03

More saturated +25%#FFE53E

Less saturated −25%#E2CF5B

Channel breakdown

R250

G225

B67

Red250 (98%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue51.8°

Saturation (HSL)94.82%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 43

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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