Recognised as Colour

#FAEE99

#FAEE99
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FAEE99 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 153 and HSL 53°, 91%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FAEE99#FAEE99

HEX#FAEE99

RGBrgb(250, 238, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.6

RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 60%

HSLhsl(52.6, 90.7%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 38.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 38.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,445,081

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEE99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83773WCAG 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 17.75:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#051166

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE993no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE3D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19.1 Moccasin · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.05, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A5FA

Analogous#FABE99, #D6FA99

Triadic#99FAEE, #EE99FA

Split complementary#99D6FA, #BD99FA

Tetradic#99FABD, #99A5FA, #FA99D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFA

Lighter +10%#FCF6CA

Darker −10%#F8E668

Darker −20%#F5DE38

Darker −30%#EED20C

Darker −40%#BEA709

More saturated +25%#FFF294

Less saturated −25%#EDE4A6

Channel breakdown

R250

G238

B153

Red250 (98%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue52.58°

Saturation (HSL)90.65%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B 99

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