Recognised as Colour
#FAE168
- #FAE168
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FAE168 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 225, 104 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
#FAE168#FAE168
HEX#FAE168
RGBrgb(250, 225, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8824, 0.4078
RGB percentages98%, 88.2%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(49.7, 93.6%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 58.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 58.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,704
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE168;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.8 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#DEDEDE
Inverted#051E97
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#6881FA
Analogous#FA9868, #CAFA68
Triadic#68FAE1, #E168FA
Split complementary#68CAFA, #9868FA
Tetradic#68FA98, #6881FA, #FA68CA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G225
B104
Red250 (98%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue49.73°
Saturation (HSL)93.59%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E1 · B 68
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