Colour

#FAE66A

#FAE66A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE66A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 230, 106 and HSL 52°, 94%, 70%. 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

#FAE66A#FAE66A

HEX#FAE66A

RGBrgb(250, 230, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.902, 0.4157

RGB percentages98%, 90.2%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(51.7, 93.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 57.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 57.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,442,986

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE66A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.9 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#E1E1E1

Inverted#051995

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E05Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE870no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 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 16.7 Gold · ΔE 26.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A7EFA

Analogous#FA9E6A, #C6FA6A

Triadic#6AFAE6, #E66AFA

Split complementary#6AC6FA, #9E6AFA

Tetradic#6AFA9E, #6A7EFA, #FA6AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#FDF7CD

Lighter +10%#FCEE9B

Darker −10%#F8DE39

Darker −20%#F6D508

Darker −30%#C4AA07

Darker −40%#937F05

More saturated +25%#FFEA65

Less saturated −25%#E7D87D

Channel breakdown

R250

G230

B106

Red250 (98%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue51.67°

Saturation (HSL)93.51%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E6 · B 6A

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