Recognised as Colour

#FAEEA4

#FAEEA4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAEEA4 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 164 and HSL 52°, 90%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAEEA4#FAEEA4

HEX#FAEEA4

RGBrgb(250, 238, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.6431

RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(51.6, 89.6%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 34.4%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 34.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,445,092

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.83:1

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

Contrast with black17.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#05115B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE99Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEFA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE4DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 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 text17.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.8 Khaki · ΔE 8.6 Moccasin · ΔE 14.3 Navajo white · ΔE 14.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.7 Wheat · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4B0FA

Analogous#FAC3A4, #DBFAA4

Triadic#A4FAEE, #EEA4FA

Split complementary#A4DBFA, #C3A4FA

Tetradic#A4FAC3, #A4B0FA, #FAA4DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDF7D4

Darker −10%#F7E574

Darker −20%#F5DC43

Darker −30%#F2D313

Darker −40%#C7AD0B

More saturated +25%#FFF29F

Less saturated −25%#EEE5B0

Channel breakdown

R250

G238

B164

Red250 (98%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue51.63°

Saturation (HSL)89.58%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B A4

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Colour harmonies

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