Colour

#FAE783

#FAE783
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE783 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 231, 131 and HSL 50°, 92%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE783#FAE783

HEX#FAE783

RGBrgb(250, 231, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9059, 0.5137

RGB percentages98%, 90.6%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(50.4, 92.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 47.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 47.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,267

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE783;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.82:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#05187C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E27Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE987no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.4 Navajo white · ΔE 25 Moccasin · ΔE 25.9 Wheat · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8396FA

Analogous#FAAB83, #D2FA83

Triadic#83FAE7, #E783FA

Split complementary#83D2FA, #AB83FA

Tetradic#83FAAB, #8396FA, #FA83D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAE5

Lighter +10%#FCF0B4

Darker −10%#F8DE52

Darker −20%#F6D421

Darker −30%#DBBA09

Darker −40%#AA9007

More saturated +25%#FFEA7E

Less saturated −25%#EADC93

Channel breakdown

R250

G231

B131

Red250 (98%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue50.42°

Saturation (HSL)92.25%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E7 · B 83

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