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Recognised as Colour

#FAEA79

  • #FAEA79
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAEA79 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 234, 121 and HSL 53°, 93%, 73%. 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

#FAEA79#FAEA79
HEX#FAEA79
RGBrgb(250, 234, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9176, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 91.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(52.6, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6.4%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,025
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEA79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#051586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCE46Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEB7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 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 text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.3Dark khaki · ΔE 25.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.3Goldenrod · ΔE 30.1Navajo white · ΔE 31Moccasin · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7989FA
Analogous#FAA979, #CAFA79
Triadic#79FAEA, #EA79FA
Split complementary#79CAFA, #A979FA
Tetradic#79FAA9, #7989FA, #FA79CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEF9DB
Lighter +10%#FCF2AA
Darker −10%#F8E248
Darker −20%#F6DB17
Darker −30%#D2B908
Darker −40%#A18E06
More saturated +25%#FFEE74
Less saturated −25%#E9DD8A

Channel breakdown

R250
G234
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue52.56°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EA · B 79

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