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Recognised as Colour

#FAEC79

  • #FAEC79
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FAEC79 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 236, 121 and HSL 53°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAEC79#FAEC79
HEX#FAEC79
RGBrgb(250, 236, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9255, 0.4745
RGB percentages98%, 92.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(53.5, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 51.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,537
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEC79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.34:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#051386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FEE66Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEC7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 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 text17.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26Goldenrod · ΔE 30.8Gold · ΔE 31.8Navajo white · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7987FA
Analogous#FAAB79, #C7FA79
Triadic#79FAEC, #EC79FA
Split complementary#79C7FA, #AB79FA
Tetradic#79FAAB, #7987FA, #FA79C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFADB
Lighter +10%#FCF3AA
Darker −10%#F8E548
Darker −20%#F6DE17
Darker −30%#D2BC08
Darker −40%#A19006
More saturated +25%#FFF074
Less saturated −25%#E9DE8A

Channel breakdown

R250
G236
B121
Red250 (98%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue53.49°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EC · B 79

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