Recognised as Colour

#FAED5F

#FAED5F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAED5F is a yellow with RGB values 250, 237, 95 and HSL 55°, 94%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAED5F#FAED5F

HEX#FAED5F

RGBrgb(250, 237, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.3725

RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(55, 93.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 62%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 62%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,767

CSS custom property--colour: #FAED5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.5 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#E6E6E6

Inverted#0512A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE54Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 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

Gold · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 23.5 Yellow · ΔE 28.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Yellow green · ΔE 30.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 22.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F6CFA

Analogous#FAA05F, #B9FA5F

Triadic#5FFAED, #ED5FFA

Split complementary#5FB9FA, #A05FFA

Tetradic#5FFAA0, #5F6CFA, #FA5FB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF3

Lighter +20%#FDF8C2

Lighter +10%#FCF390

Darker −10%#F8E72E

Darker −20%#ECD807

Darker −30%#BAAB06

Darker −40%#897E04

More saturated +25%#FFF15A

Less saturated −25%#E5DC74

Channel breakdown

R250

G237

B95

Red250 (98%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue54.97°

Saturation (HSL)93.94%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B 5F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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