Recognised as Colour

#FAE95D

#FAE95D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAE95D is a yellow with RGB values 250, 233, 93 and HSL 54°, 94%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAE95D#FAE95D

HEX#FAE95D

RGBrgb(250, 233, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9137, 0.3647

RGB percentages98%, 91.4%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(53.5, 94%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 62.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 62.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,741

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE95D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.88:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0516A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE24Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.4 Khaki · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.9 Yellow · ΔE 29.4 Yellow green · ΔE 31.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D6EFA

Analogous#FA9A5D, #BDFA5D

Triadic#5DFAE9, #E95DFA

Split complementary#5DBDFA, #9A5DFA

Tetradic#5DFA9A, #5D6EFA, #FA5DBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDF1

Lighter +20%#FDF6C0

Lighter +10%#FCF08E

Darker −10%#F8E22C

Darker −20%#EAD107

Darker −30%#B8A506

Darker −40%#877904

More saturated +25%#FFED58

Less saturated −25%#E5D972

Channel breakdown

R250

G233

B93

Red250 (98%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue53.5°

Saturation (HSL)94.01%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E9 · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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