Colour

#FAEB9A

#FAEB9A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEB9A is a yellow with RGB values 250, 235, 154 and HSL 51°, 91%, 79%. 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

#FAEB9A#FAEB9A

HEX#FAEB9A

RGBrgb(250, 235, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9216, 0.6039

RGB percentages98%, 92.2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(50.6, 90.6%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 38.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 38.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,314

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEB9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.41:1

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

Contrast with black17.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#051465

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE694no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEC9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 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 text17.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.3 Navajo white · ΔE 16.9 Moccasin · ΔE 17.1 Wheat · ΔE 19.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AA9FA

Analogous#FABB9A, #D9FA9A

Triadic#9AFAEB, #EB9AFA

Split complementary#9AD9FA, #BB9AFA

Tetradic#9AFABB, #9AA9FA, #FA9AD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFB

Lighter +10%#FCF5CB

Darker −10%#F8E169

Darker −20%#F5D839

Darker −30%#EFCC0C

Darker −40%#BFA209

More saturated +25%#FFEE95

Less saturated −25%#EDE2A7

Channel breakdown

R250

G235

B154

Red250 (98%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)90.57%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EB · B 9A

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