Recognised as Colour

#FAEC95

#FAEC95
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEC95 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 236, 149 and HSL 52°, 91%, 78%. 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

#FAEC95#FAEC95

HEX#FAEC95

RGBrgb(250, 236, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9255, 0.5843

RGB percentages98%, 92.5%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(51.7, 91%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 40.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 40.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,565

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEC95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.5:1

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

Contrast with black17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#05136A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE78Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 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 text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13 Navajo white · ΔE 19.7 Moccasin · ΔE 20 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Wheat · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.26, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95A3FA

Analogous#FABA95, #D5FA95

Triadic#95FAEC, #EC95FA

Split complementary#95D5FA, #BA95FA

Tetradic#95FABA, #95A3FA, #FA95D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF6

Lighter +10%#FCF5C6

Darker −10%#F8E364

Darker −20%#F5DB34

Darker −30%#EBCC0B

Darker −40%#BAA209

More saturated +25%#FFF090

Less saturated −25%#ECE2A3

Channel breakdown

R250

G236

B149

Red250 (98%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue51.68°

Saturation (HSL)90.99%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EC · B 95

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Colour values

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