Colour

#FAE15D

#FAE15D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE15D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 93 and HSL 50°, 94%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE15D#FAE15D

HEX#FAE15D

RGBrgb(250, 225, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.3647

RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(50.4, 94%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 62.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 62.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,693

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE15D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#051EA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DC4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE464no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 22 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Dark khaki · ΔE 31 Yellow · ΔE 33.5 Yellow green · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D76FA

Analogous#FA925D, #C5FA5D

Triadic#5DFAE1, #E15DFA

Split complementary#5DC5FA, #925DFA

Tetradic#5DFA92, #5D76FA, #FA5DC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF1

Lighter +20%#FDF3C0

Lighter +10%#FCEA8E

Darker −10%#F8D82C

Darker −20%#EAC607

Darker −30%#B89C06

Darker −40%#877204

More saturated +25%#FFE458

Less saturated −25%#E5D372

Channel breakdown

R250

G225

B93

Red250 (98%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue50.45°

Saturation (HSL)94.01%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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