Recognised as Colour

#FAE50A

#FAE50A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE50A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 229, 10 and HSL 55°, 96%, 51%. 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

#FAE50A#FAE50A

HEX#FAE50A

RGBrgb(250, 229, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.898, 0.0392

RGB percentages98%, 89.8%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(54.8, 96%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 96%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 96%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,634

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE50A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.4 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#DADADA

Inverted#051AF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE62Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 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 9.6 Yellow · ΔE 14.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 37.2 Orange · ΔE 39.2 Green yellow · ΔE 42.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A1FFA

Analogous#FA6D0A, #97FA0A

Triadic#0AFAE5, #E50AFA

Split complementary#0A97FA, #6D0AFA

Tetradic#0AFA6D, #0A1FFA, #FA0A97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFAD2

Lighter +30%#FDF5A0

Lighter +20%#FCF06E

Lighter +10%#FBEA3C

Darker −10%#CDBB04

Darker −20%#9B8E03

Darker −30%#696002

Darker −40%#373201

More saturated +25%#FFE905

Less saturated −25%#DBCB29

Channel breakdown

R250

G229

B10

Red250 (98%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue54.75°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E5 · B 0A

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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