Colour

#FAED87

#FAED87
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAED87 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 237, 135 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

#FAED87#FAED87

HEX#FAED87

RGBrgb(250, 237, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.5294

RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(53.2, 92%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 46%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 46%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,444,807

CSS custom property--colour: #FAED87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.53:1

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

Contrast with black17.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#051278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE77Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 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 text17.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Navajo white · ΔE 26.4 Moccasin · ΔE 27 Wheat · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8794FA

Analogous#FAB387, #CDFA87

Triadic#87FAED, #ED87FA

Split complementary#87CDFA, #B387FA

Tetradic#87FAB4, #8794FA, #FA87CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCE9

Lighter +10%#FCF4B8

Darker −10%#F8E656

Darker −20%#F6DE25

Darker −30%#DFC709

Darker −40%#AE9B07

More saturated +25%#FFF182

Less saturated −25%#EAE197

Channel breakdown

R250

G237

B135

Red250 (98%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue53.22°

Saturation (HSL)92%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B 87

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