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Recognised as Colour

#FAEA77

  • #FAEA77
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAEA77 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 234, 119 and HSL 53°, 93%, 72%. 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

#FAEA77#FAEA77
HEX#FAEA77
RGBrgb(250, 234, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9176, 0.4667
RGB percentages98%, 91.8%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(52.7, 92.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 52.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6.4%, 52.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,023
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEA77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.1:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#051588

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCE46Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEB7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 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 text17.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.2Dark khaki · ΔE 25.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.2Goldenrod · ΔE 29.8Gold · ΔE 31.2Navajo white · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7787FA
Analogous#FAA877, #C8FA77
Triadic#77FAEA, #EA77FA
Split complementary#77C8FA, #A977FA
Tetradic#77FAA9, #7787FA, #FA77C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF9D9
Lighter +10%#FCF2A8
Darker −10%#F8E246
Darker −20%#F6DB15
Darker −30%#D0B808
Darker −40%#9F8C06
More saturated +25%#FFEE72
Less saturated −25%#E8DD89

Channel breakdown

R250
G234
B119
Red250 (98%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue52.67°
Saturation (HSL)92.91%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EA · B 77

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