Recognised as Colour

#FAEA5C

#FAEA5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAEA5C is a yellow with RGB values 250, 234, 92 and HSL 54°, 94%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAEA5C#FAEA5C

HEX#FAEA5C

RGBrgb(250, 234, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9176, 0.3608

RGB percentages98%, 91.8%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(53.9, 94%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 63.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 63.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,443,996

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEA5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.99:1

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

Contrast with black16.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0515A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE34Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.4 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 text16.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.1 Khaki · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Yellow · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C6CFA

Analogous#FA9B5C, #BBFA5C

Triadic#5CFAEA, #EA5CFA

Split complementary#5CBBFA, #9B5CFA

Tetradic#5CFA9B, #5C6CFA, #FA5CBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFDF0

Lighter +20%#FDF7BF

Lighter +10%#FCF08D

Darker −10%#F8E42B

Darker −20%#E9D207

Darker −30%#B7A506

Darker −40%#867904

More saturated +25%#FFEE57

Less saturated −25%#E5D971

Channel breakdown

R250

G234

B92

Red250 (98%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue53.92°

Saturation (HSL)94.05%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EA · B 5C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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