Recognised as Colour
#FAE146
- #FAE146
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAE146 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 70 and HSL 52°, 95%, 63%. 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
#FAE146#FAE146
HEX#FAE146
RGBrgb(250, 225, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.2745
RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(51.7, 94.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 72%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 72%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,670
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE146;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.3 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#051EB9
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#465FFA
Analogous#FA8746, #B9FA46
Triadic#46FAE1, #E146FA
Split complementary#46B9FA, #8746FA
Tetradic#46FA87, #465FFA, #FA46B9
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G225
B70
Red250 (98%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue51.67°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 46
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