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Recognised as Colour

#FAE9A2

  • #FAE9A2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAE9A2 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 233, 162 and HSL 48°, 90%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAE9A2#FAE9A2
HEX#FAE9A2
RGBrgb(250, 233, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9137, 0.6353
RGB percentages98%, 91.4%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(48.4, 89.8%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 35.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 35.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,443,810
CSS custom property--colour: #FAE9A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.24:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#05165D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7E59Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCEBA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDFD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.5Khaki · ΔE 9.8Moccasin · ΔE 12.3Navajo white · ΔE 12.3Wheat · ΔE 14.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2B3FA
Analogous#FABDA2, #DFFAA2
Triadic#A2FAE9, #E9A2FA
Split complementary#A2DFFA, #BDA2FA
Tetradic#A2FABD, #A2B3FA, #FAA2DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF4D2
Darker −10%#F7DE72
Darker −20%#F5D241
Darker −30%#F2C711
Darker −40%#C5A10B
More saturated +25%#FFEC9D
Less saturated −25%#EEE1AE

Channel breakdown

R250
G233
B162
Red250 (98%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue48.41°
Saturation (HSL)89.8%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G E9 · B A2

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