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Recognised as Colour

#FAEBA9

  • #FAEBA9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAEBA9 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 235, 169 and HSL 49°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAEBA9#FAEBA9
HEX#FAEBA9
RGBrgb(250, 235, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9216, 0.6627
RGB percentages98%, 92.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(48.9, 89%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 32.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 32.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,329
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEBA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#051456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8E7A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCEDABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.5Moccasin · ΔE 10.3Navajo white · ΔE 11Wheat · ΔE 12.1Khaki · ΔE 12.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.46, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B8FA
Analogous#FAC3A9, #E0FAA9
Triadic#A9FAEB, #EBA9FA
Split complementary#A9E0FA, #C3A9FA
Tetradic#A9FAC3, #A9B8FA, #FAA9E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF6D9
Darker −10%#F7E079
Darker −20%#F4D549
Darker −30%#F2C918
Darker −40%#CBA80C
More saturated +25%#FFEEA4
Less saturated −25%#EFE4B4

Channel breakdown

R250
G235
B169
Red250 (98%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue48.89°
Saturation (HSL)89.01%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EB · B A9

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