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Recognised as Colour

#FAECA9

  • #FAECA9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAECA9 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 236, 169 and HSL 50°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAECA9#FAECA9
HEX#FAECA9
RGBrgb(250, 236, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9255, 0.6627
RGB percentages98%, 92.5%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(49.6, 89%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 32.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 32.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,585
CSS custom property--colour: #FAECA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.64:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#051356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9E8A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#FDEDABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.5Moccasin · ΔE 10.9Navajo white · ΔE 11.6Khaki · ΔE 11.8Wheat · ΔE 12.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B7FA
Analogous#FAC3A9, #DFFAA9
Triadic#A9FAEC, #ECA9FA
Split complementary#A9DFFA, #C3A9FA
Tetradic#A9FAC4, #A9B7FA, #FAA9E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF7D9
Darker −10%#F7E179
Darker −20%#F4D749
Darker −30%#F2CC18
Darker −40%#CBAA0C
More saturated +25%#FFEFA4
Less saturated −25%#EFE5B4

Channel breakdown

R250
G236
B169
Red250 (98%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue49.63°
Saturation (HSL)89.01%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EC · B A9

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