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Recognised as Colour

#FAEEAA

  • #FAEEAA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAEEAA is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 170 and HSL 51°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAEEAA#FAEEAA
HEX#FAEEAA
RGBrgb(250, 238, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.6667
RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(51, 88.9%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 32%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 32%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,445,098
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.88:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#051155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBEAA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FEEFACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE5DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.5Khaki · ΔE 11.5Moccasin · ΔE 11.7Navajo white · ΔE 12.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.9Wheat · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.52, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB6FA
Analogous#FAC6AA, #DEFAAA
Triadic#AAFAEE, #EEAAFA
Split complementary#AADEFA, #C6AAFA
Tetradic#AAFAC6, #AAB6FA, #FAAADE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF8DA
Darker −10%#F7E47A
Darker −20%#F4DB4A
Darker −30%#F2D119
Darker −40%#CCAF0C
More saturated +25%#FFF2A5
Less saturated −25%#EFE6B5

Channel breakdown

R250
G238
B170
Red250 (98%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue51°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B AA

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