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Recognised as Colour

#FAE581

  • #FAE581
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAE581 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 229, 129 and HSL 50°, 92%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE581#FAE581
HEX#FAE581
RGBrgb(250, 229, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.898, 0.5059
RGB percentages98%, 89.8%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(49.6, 92.4%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 48.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 48.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,442,753
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE581;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.59:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#051A7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6E079no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCE885no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFD8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2Navajo white · ΔE 24.9Moccasin · ΔE 26Wheat · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8196FA
Analogous#FAA981, #D3FA81
Triadic#81FAE5, #E581FA
Split complementary#81D2FA, #A981FA
Tetradic#81FAA9, #8196FA, #FA81D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF9E3
Lighter +10%#FCEFB2
Darker −10%#F8DB50
Darker −20%#F6D11F
Darker −30%#D9B509
Darker −40%#A88C07
More saturated +25%#FFE87C
Less saturated −25%#EADA91

Channel breakdown

R250
G229
B129
Red250 (98%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue49.59°
Saturation (HSL)92.37%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E5 · B 81

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