Recognised as Colour

#FAE44F

#FAE44F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE44F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 228, 79 and HSL 52°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE44F#FAE44F

HEX#FAE44F

RGBrgb(250, 228, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8941, 0.3098

RGB percentages98%, 89.4%, 31%

HSLhsl(52.3, 94.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 68.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 68.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,447

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE44F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1

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

Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#051BB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DE39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE658no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 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 text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Yellow · ΔE 26.9 Khaki · ΔE 27 Yellow green · ΔE 32.8 Orange · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F65FA

Analogous#FA8F4F, #BAFA4F

Triadic#4FFAE4, #E44FFA

Split complementary#4FBAFA, #8E4FFA

Tetradic#4FFA8F, #4F65FA, #FA4FBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBE4

Lighter +20%#FDF3B2

Lighter +10%#FBEC81

Darker −10%#F9DC1D

Darker −20%#DDC106

Darker −30%#AB9605

Darker −40%#7A6A03

More saturated +25%#FFE84A

Less saturated −25%#E3D366

Channel breakdown

R250

G228

B79

Red250 (98%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue52.28°

Saturation (HSL)94.48%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E4 · B 4F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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