Colour
#FAE158
- #FAE158
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAE158 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 88 and HSL 51°, 94%, 66%. 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
#FAE158#FAE158
HEX#FAE158
RGBrgb(250, 225, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.3451
RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(50.7, 94.2%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 64.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 64.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,688
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE158;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#051EA7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5871FA
Analogous#FA9058, #C2FA58
Triadic#58FAE1, #E158FA
Split complementary#58C2FA, #9058FA
Tetradic#58FA90, #5871FA, #FA58C2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G225
B88
Red250 (98%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue50.74°
Saturation (HSL)94.19%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 58
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