Recognised as Colour

#FAE36A

#FAE36A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE36A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 227, 106 and HSL 50°, 94%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE36A#FAE36A

HEX#FAE36A

RGBrgb(250, 227, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8902, 0.4157

RGB percentages98%, 89%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(50.4, 93.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 57.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 57.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,218

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE36A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.26:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#051C95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DE5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE670no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.6 Gold · ΔE 26.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Navajo white · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A81FA

Analogous#FA9B6A, #C9FA6A

Triadic#6AFAE3, #E36AFA

Split complementary#6AC9FA, #9B6AFA

Tetradic#6AFA9B, #6A81FA, #FA6AC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#FDF6CD

Lighter +10%#FCEC9B

Darker −10%#F8DA39

Darker −20%#F6D008

Darker −30%#C4A607

Darker −40%#937C05

More saturated +25%#FFE665

Less saturated −25%#E7D67D

Channel breakdown

R250

G227

B106

Red250 (98%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue50.42°

Saturation (HSL)93.51%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E3 · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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