Recognised as Colour

#FAE685

#FAE685
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE685 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 230, 133 and HSL 50°, 92%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE685#FAE685

HEX#FAE685

RGBrgb(250, 230, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.902, 0.5216

RGB percentages98%, 90.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(49.7, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 46.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,013

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE685;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.72:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#05197A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E17Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6 Navajo white · ΔE 23.6 Moccasin · ΔE 24.5 Wheat · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8599FA

Analogous#FAAB85, #D4FA85

Triadic#85FAE6, #E685FA

Split complementary#85D4FA, #AB85FA

Tetradic#85FAAB, #8599FA, #FA85D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAE7

Lighter +10%#FCF0B6

Darker −10%#F8DC54

Darker −20%#F6D223

Darker −30%#DDB909

Darker −40%#AC9007

More saturated +25%#FFE980

Less saturated −25%#EADC95

Channel breakdown

R250

G230

B133

Red250 (98%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue49.74°

Saturation (HSL)92.13%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E6 · B 85

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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