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Recognised as Colour

#FAEB79

  • #FAEB79
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAEB79 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 235, 121 and HSL 53°, 93%, 73%. 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

#FAEB79#FAEB79
HEX#FAEB79
RGBrgb(250, 235, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9216, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 92.2%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(53, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,281
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEB79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#051486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDE56Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEC7Eno 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 50.1 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 text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.7Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.6Goldenrod · ΔE 30.4Navajo white · ΔE 31.5Gold · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7988FA
Analogous#FAAA79, #C8FA79
Triadic#79FAEB, #EB79FA
Split complementary#79C9FA, #AA79FA
Tetradic#79FAAA, #7988FA, #FA79C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFADB
Lighter +10%#FCF2AA
Darker −10%#F8E448
Darker −20%#F6DC17
Darker −30%#D2BB08
Darker −40%#A18F06
More saturated +25%#FFEF74
Less saturated −25%#E9DE8A

Channel breakdown

R250
G235
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue53.02°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EB · B 79

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