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Colour

#FAE973

  • #FAE973
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAE973 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 233, 115 and HSL 52°, 93%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE973#FAE973
HEX#FAE973
RGBrgb(250, 233, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9137, 0.451
RGB percentages98%, 91.4%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(52.4, 93.1%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 54%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 54%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,443,763
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE973;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.97:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#05168C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBE368no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEA79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 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 text16.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.7Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.7Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9Gold · ΔE 29.7Navajo white · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7384FA
Analogous#FAA573, #C7FA73
Triadic#73FAE9, #E973FA
Split complementary#73C7FA, #A573FA
Tetradic#73FAA5, #7384FA, #FA73C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF8D5
Lighter +10%#FCF1A4
Darker −10%#F8E142
Darker −20%#F6DA11
Darker −30%#CDB407
Darker −40%#9B8906
More saturated +25%#FFED6E
Less saturated −25%#E8DB85

Channel breakdown

R250
G233
B115
Red250 (98%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue52.44°
Saturation (HSL)93.1%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E9 · B 73

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