Colour

#FAEC91

#FAEC91
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEC91 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 236, 145 and HSL 52°, 91%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAEC91#FAEC91

HEX#FAEC91

RGBrgb(250, 236, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9255, 0.5686

RGB percentages98%, 92.5%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(52, 91.3%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 42%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 42%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,561

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEC91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.47:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#05136E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE78Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 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 text17.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 2.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Navajo white · ΔE 21.4 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8 Wheat · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 2.89, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#919FFA

Analogous#FAB891, #D3FA91

Triadic#91FAEC, #EC91FA

Split complementary#91D3FA, #B791FA

Tetradic#91FAB8, #919FFA, #FA91D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDF3

Lighter +10%#FCF4C2

Darker −10%#F8E460

Darker −20%#F6DB2F

Darker −30%#E7CA0B

Darker −40%#B79F08

More saturated +25%#FFF08C

Less saturated −25%#ECE19F

Channel breakdown

R250

G236

B145

Red250 (98%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)91.3%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EC · B 91

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