Recognised as Colour

#FAE153

#FAE153
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE153 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 83 and HSL 51°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE153#FAE153

HEX#FAE153

RGBrgb(250, 225, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.3255

RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(51, 94.4%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 66.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 66.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,683

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE153;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1

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

Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#051EAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DB40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE45Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61 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 text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Khaki · ΔE 24.8 Yellow · ΔE 29.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#536CFA

Analogous#FA8E53, #C0FA53

Triadic#53FAE1, #E153FA

Split complementary#53BFFA, #8E53FA

Tetradic#53FA8D, #536CFA, #FA53BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBE8

Lighter +20%#FDF2B6

Lighter +10%#FBEA85

Darker −10%#F9D821

Darker −20%#E0C007

Darker −30%#AF9505

Darker −40%#7D6B04

More saturated +25%#FFE54E

Less saturated −25%#E4D169

Channel breakdown

R250

G225

B83

Red250 (98%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue51.02°

Saturation (HSL)94.35%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 53

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Colour values

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