Recognised as Colour

#FAE634

#FAE634
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE634 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 230, 52 and HSL 54°, 95%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE634#FAE634

HEX#FAE634

RGBrgb(250, 230, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.902, 0.2039

RGB percentages98%, 90.2%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(53.9, 95.2%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 79.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 79.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,932

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE634;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.43:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#0519CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCDF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE743no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 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 text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.1 Yellow · ΔE 18.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33.9 Khaki · ΔE 36.3 Orange · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3448FA

Analogous#FA8334, #ABFA34

Triadic#34FAE6, #E634FA

Split complementary#34ABFA, #8334FA

Tetradic#34FA83, #3448FA, #FA34AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFB

Lighter +30%#FEF8C9

Lighter +20%#FCF298

Lighter +10%#FBEC66

Darker −10%#F5DD06

Darker −20%#C3B005

Darker −30%#918304

Darker −40%#605602

More saturated +25%#FFEA2F

Less saturated −25%#E0D14E

Channel breakdown

R250

G230

B52

Red250 (98%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue53.94°

Saturation (HSL)95.19%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E6 · B 34

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