Recognised as Colour
#FAE263
- #FAE263
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FAE263 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 226, 99 and HSL 50°, 94%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#FAE263#FAE263
HEX#FAE263
RGBrgb(250, 226, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8863, 0.3882
RGB percentages98%, 88.6%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(50.5, 93.8%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 60.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 60.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,441,955
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE263;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.75618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.12:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#051D9C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#637BFA
Analogous#FA9663, #C7FA63
Triadic#63FAE2, #E263FA
Split complementary#63C6FA, #9763FA
Tetradic#63FA96, #637BFA, #FA63C6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G226
B99
Red250 (98%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue50.46°
Saturation (HSL)93.79%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E2 · B 63
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