Colour

#FAE36D

#FAE36D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE36D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 227, 109 and HSL 50°, 93%, 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

#FAE36D#FAE36D

HEX#FAE36D

RGBrgb(250, 227, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8902, 0.4275

RGB percentages98%, 89%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(50.2, 93.4%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 56.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 56.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,221

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE36D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1

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

Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#051C92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DE61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE673no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 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 text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.3 Gold · ΔE 28.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Navajo white · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D84FA

Analogous#FA9C6D, #CBFA6D

Triadic#6DFAE3, #E36DFA

Split complementary#6DCBFA, #9C6DFA

Tetradic#6DFA9C, #6D84FA, #FA6DCB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF6D0

Lighter +10%#FCEC9E

Darker −10%#F8DA3C

Darker −20%#F7D00A

Darker −30%#C7A807

Darker −40%#967E05

More saturated +25%#FFE668

Less saturated −25%#E7D680

Channel breakdown

R250

G227

B109

Red250 (98%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue50.21°

Saturation (HSL)93.38%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E3 · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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