Recognised as Colour
#FAE24F
- #FAE24F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FAE24F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 226, 79 and HSL 52°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FAE24F#FAE24F
HEX#FAE24F
RGBrgb(250, 226, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8863, 0.3098
RGB percentages98%, 88.6%, 31%
HSLhsl(51.6, 94.5%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 68.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 68.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,935
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE24F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75281WCAG 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 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#051DB0
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 text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4F67FA
Analogous#FA8C4F, #BDFA4F
Triadic#4FFAE2, #E24FFA
Split complementary#4FBCFA, #8C4FFA
Tetradic#4FFA8C, #4F67FA, #FA4FBD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G226
B79
Red250 (98%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue51.58°
Saturation (HSL)94.48%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E2 · B 4F
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