Colour

#FAE987

#FAE987
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAE987 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 233, 135 and HSL 51°, 92%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAE987#FAE987

HEX#FAE987

RGBrgb(250, 233, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9137, 0.5294

RGB percentages98%, 91.4%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(51.1, 92%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 46%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 46%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,783

CSS custom property--colour: #FAE987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.07:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#051678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE47Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Navajo white · ΔE 24.2 Moccasin · ΔE 25 Wheat · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8798FA

Analogous#FAAF87, #D2FA87

Triadic#87FAE9, #E987FA

Split complementary#87D1FA, #B087FA

Tetradic#87FAB0, #8798FA, #FA87D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBE9

Lighter +10%#FCF2B8

Darker −10%#F8E056

Darker −20%#F6D725

Darker −30%#DFBF09

Darker −40%#AE9507

More saturated +25%#FFED82

Less saturated −25%#EADE97

Channel breakdown

R250

G233

B135

Red250 (98%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue51.13°

Saturation (HSL)92%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G E9 · B 87

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