Colour

#FAE900

#FAE900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FAE900 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 233, 0 and HSL 56°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FAE900#FAE900

HEX#FAE900

RGBrgb(250, 233, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9137, 0

RGB percentages98%, 91.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(55.9, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 100%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 100%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,648

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.8 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#DCDCDC

Inverted#0516FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE92Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 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

Yellow · ΔE 11.5 Gold · ΔE 12.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 36.3 Yellow green · ΔE 37.1 Green yellow · ΔE 40.3 Orange · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0011FA

Analogous#FA6C00, #8EFA00

Triadic#00FAE9, #E900FA

Split complementary#008EFA, #6C00FA

Tetradic#00FA6C, #0011FA, #FA008E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBC7

Lighter +30%#FFF894

Lighter +20%#FFF461

Lighter +10%#FFF12E

Darker −10%#C7B900

Darker −20%#948A00

Darker −30%#615A00

Darker −40%#2E2B00

More saturated +25%#FAE900

Less saturated −25%#DBCE1F

Channel breakdown

R250

G233

Red250 (98%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue55.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E9 · B 00

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