Recognised as Colour

#FAE73A

#FAE73A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE73A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 231, 58 and HSL 54°, 95%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE73A#FAE73A

HEX#FAE73A

RGBrgb(250, 231, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9059, 0.2275

RGB percentages98%, 90.6%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(54.1, 95%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.1, 76.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 76.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,194

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE73A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.56:1

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

Contrast with black16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#0518C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE008no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE848no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 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 text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.3 Yellow · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Yellow green · ΔE 33.2 Khaki · ΔE 34.8 Orange · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A4DFA

Analogous#FA873A, #ADFA3A

Triadic#3AFAE7, #E73AFA

Split complementary#3AADFA, #873AFA

Tetradic#3AFA87, #3A4DFA, #FA3AAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEF9CF

Lighter +20%#FDF39D

Lighter +10%#FBED6C

Darker −10%#F9E108

Darker −20%#C9B605

Darker −30%#978904

Darker −40%#655C03

More saturated +25%#FFEB35

Less saturated −25%#E1D353

Channel breakdown

R250

G231

B58

Red250 (98%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue54.06°

Saturation (HSL)95.05%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E7 · B 3A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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