Colour

#FAED60

#FAED60
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAED60 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 237, 96 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

#FAED60#FAED60

HEX#FAED60

RGBrgb(250, 237, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.3765

RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(54.9, 93.9%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 61.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 61.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,768

CSS custom property--colour: #FAED60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.35:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#05129F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE54Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC68no 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 60.1 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 text17.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 22.5 Khaki · ΔE 23.1 Yellow · ΔE 28.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Yellow green · ΔE 30.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 22.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#606DFA

Analogous#FAA060, #BAFA60

Triadic#60FAED, #ED60FA

Split complementary#60BAFA, #A060FA

Tetradic#60FAA0, #606DFA, #FA60BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF4

Lighter +20%#FDF8C3

Lighter +10%#FCF391

Darker −10%#F8E72F

Darker −20%#EDD907

Darker −30%#BBAC06

Darker −40%#8A7E04

More saturated +25%#FFF15B

Less saturated −25%#E6DC75

Channel breakdown

R250

G237

B96

Red250 (98%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue54.94°

Saturation (HSL)93.9%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B 60

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