Recognised as Colour

#FAE26B

#FAE26B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE26B is a yellow with RGB values 250, 226, 107 and HSL 50°, 93%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE26B#FAE26B

HEX#FAE26B

RGBrgb(250, 226, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8863, 0.4196

RGB percentages98%, 88.6%, 42%

HSLhsl(49.9, 93.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 57.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 57.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,441,963

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE26B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#051D94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DD5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE571no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.6 Gold · ΔE 27.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Navajo white · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B83FA

Analogous#FA9A6B, #CBFA6B

Triadic#6BFAE2, #E26BFA

Split complementary#6BCAFA, #9B6BFA

Tetradic#6BFA9A, #6B83FA, #FA6BCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF5CE

Lighter +10%#FCEC9C

Darker −10%#F8D83A

Darker −20%#F7CF08

Darker −30%#C5A507

Darker −40%#947C05

More saturated +25%#FFE566

Less saturated −25%#E7D57E

Channel breakdown

R250

G226

B107

Red250 (98%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue49.93°

Saturation (HSL)93.46%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E2 · B 6B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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