Recognised as Colour

#FAE354

#FAE354
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE354 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 227, 84 and HSL 52°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE354#FAE354

HEX#FAE354

RGBrgb(250, 227, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8902, 0.3294

RGB percentages98%, 89%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(51.7, 94.3%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 66.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 66.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,196

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE354;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1

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

Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#051CAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DD41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE65Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 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 text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.5 Khaki · ΔE 24.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Yellow · ΔE 29.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#546BFA

Analogous#FA9054, #BEFA54

Triadic#54FAE3, #E354FA

Split complementary#54BEFA, #9054FA

Tetradic#54FA90, #546BFA, #FA54BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBE9

Lighter +20%#FDF3B7

Lighter +10%#FBEB86

Darker −10%#F9DB22

Darker −20%#E1C307

Darker −30%#B09805

Darker −40%#7E6D04

More saturated +25%#FFE74F

Less saturated −25%#E4D36A

Channel breakdown

R250

G227

B84

Red250 (98%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)94.32%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E3 · B 54

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Colour values

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