Recognised as Colour

#FAED85

#FAED85
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAED85 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 237, 133 and HSL 53°, 92%, 75%. 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

#FAED85#FAED85

HEX#FAED85

RGBrgb(250, 237, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.5216

RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(53.3, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 46.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,805

CSS custom property--colour: #FAED85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1

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

Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#05127A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE77Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 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 text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1 Navajo white · ΔE 27.3 Moccasin · ΔE 27.9 Wheat · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8592FA

Analogous#FAB385, #CCFA85

Triadic#85FAED, #ED85FA

Split complementary#85CCFA, #B385FA

Tetradic#85FAB3, #8592FA, #FA85CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBE7

Lighter +10%#FCF4B6

Darker −10%#F8E654

Darker −20%#F6DF23

Darker −30%#DDC509

Darker −40%#AC9A07

More saturated +25%#FFF180

Less saturated −25%#EAE195

Channel breakdown

R250

G237

B133

Red250 (98%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)92.13%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B 85

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