Recognised as Colour
#FAE166
- #FAE166
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FAE166 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 102 and HSL 50°, 94%, 69%. 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
#FAE166#FAE166
HEX#FAE166
RGBrgb(250, 225, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.4
RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 40%
HSLhsl(49.9, 93.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 59.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 59.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,702
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE166;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.03:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#051E99
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 text16.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#667FFA
Analogous#FA9766, #C9FA66
Triadic#66FAE1, #E166FA
Split complementary#66C9FA, #9766FA
Tetradic#66FA97, #667FFA, #FA66C9
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G225
B102
Red250 (98%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue49.86°
Saturation (HSL)93.67%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 66
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