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Recognised as Colour

#FAE479

  • #FAE479
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAE479 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 228, 121 and HSL 50°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE479#FAE479
HEX#FAE479
RGBrgb(250, 228, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8941, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 89.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(49.8, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 8.8%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,442,489
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE479;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#051B86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6DF6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCE77Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFD6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.9Dark khaki · ΔE 23Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Navajo white · ΔE 28.1Goldenrod · ΔE 28.2Moccasin · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#798FFA
Analogous#FAA379, #D0FA79
Triadic#79FAE4, #E479FA
Split complementary#79CFFA, #A479FA
Tetradic#79FAA3, #798FFA, #FA79CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF8DB
Lighter +10%#FCEEAA
Darker −10%#F8DA48
Darker −20%#F6D017
Darker −30%#D2B008
Darker −40%#A18706
More saturated +25%#FFE774
Less saturated −25%#E9D98A

Channel breakdown

R250
G228
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue49.77°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E4 · B 79

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