Colour

#FAEB90

#FAEB90
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEB90 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 235, 144 and HSL 52°, 91%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAEB90#FAEB90

HEX#FAEB90

RGBrgb(250, 235, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9216, 0.5647

RGB percentages98%, 92.2%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(51.5, 91.4%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 42.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 42.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,304

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEB90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.35:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#05146F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE689no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 2.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Navajo white · ΔE 21.3 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8 Wheat · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 2.94, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#909FFA

Analogous#FAB690, #D4FA90

Triadic#90FAEB, #EB90FA

Split complementary#90D4FA, #B690FA

Tetradic#90FAB6, #909FFA, #FA90D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDF2

Lighter +10%#FCF4C1

Darker −10%#F8E25F

Darker −20%#F6D92E

Darker −30%#E7C70A

Darker −40%#B69D08

More saturated +25%#FFEF8B

Less saturated −25%#EBE19F

Channel breakdown

R250

G235

B144

Red250 (98%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue51.51°

Saturation (HSL)91.38%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EB · B 90

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