Colour

#FAE341

#FAE341
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE341 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 227, 65 and HSL 53°, 95%, 62%. 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

#FAE341#FAE341

HEX#FAE341

RGBrgb(250, 227, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8902, 0.2549

RGB percentages98%, 89%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(52.5, 94.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 74%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 74%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,177

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE341;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.13:1

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

Contrast with black16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#051CBE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DC21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE54Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD2C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 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 text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.8 Yellow · ΔE 23.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Khaki · ΔE 31.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6 Orange · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4158FA

Analogous#FA8641, #B5FA41

Triadic#41FAE3, #E341FA

Split complementary#41B5FA, #8641FA

Tetradic#41FA86, #4158FA, #FA41B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF9D6

Lighter +20%#FDF2A4

Lighter +10%#FBEA73

Darker −10%#F9DC0F

Darker −20%#D0B605

Darker −30%#9E8B04

Darker −40%#6C5F03

More saturated +25%#FFE73C

Less saturated −25%#E2D159

Channel breakdown

R250

G227

B65

Red250 (98%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue52.54°

Saturation (HSL)94.87%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E3 · B 41

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Colour values

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