Colour

#FAE64F

#FAE64F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE64F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 230, 79 and HSL 53°, 94%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE64F#FAE64F

HEX#FAE64F

RGBrgb(250, 230, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.902, 0.3098

RGB percentages98%, 90.2%, 31%

HSLhsl(53, 94.5%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 68.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 68.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,959

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE64F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#0519B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDF39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE858no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 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 text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.9 Yellow · ΔE 25.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 27 Khaki · ΔE 27.5 Yellow green · ΔE 32.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F63FA

Analogous#FA914F, #B8FA4F

Triadic#4FFAE6, #E64FFA

Split complementary#4FB8FA, #914FFA

Tetradic#4FFA91, #4F63FA, #FA4FB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFBE4

Lighter +20%#FDF4B2

Lighter +10%#FBED81

Darker −10%#F9DF1D

Darker −20%#DDC406

Darker −30%#AB9805

Darker −40%#7A6C03

More saturated +25%#FFEA4A

Less saturated −25%#E3D566

Channel breakdown

R250

G230

B79

Red250 (98%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue52.98°

Saturation (HSL)94.48%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E6 · B 4F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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