Recognised as Colour

#FAEA81

#FAEA81
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEA81 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 234, 129 and HSL 52°, 92%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAEA81#FAEA81

HEX#FAEA81

RGBrgb(250, 234, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9176, 0.5059

RGB percentages98%, 91.8%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(52.1, 92.4%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 48.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 48.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,033

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEA81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#05157E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE478no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 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 text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9 Navajo white · ΔE 27.4 Moccasin · ΔE 28.3 Wheat · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8191FA

Analogous#FAAE81, #CDFA81

Triadic#81FAEA, #EA81FA

Split complementary#81CEFA, #AE81FA

Tetradic#81FAAE, #8191FA, #FA81CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAE3

Lighter +10%#FCF2B2

Darker −10%#F8E250

Darker −20%#F6DA1F

Darker −30%#D9BE09

Darker −40%#A89307

More saturated +25%#FFEE7C

Less saturated −25%#EADE91

Channel breakdown

R250

G234

B129

Red250 (98%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue52.07°

Saturation (HSL)92.37%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EA · B 81

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