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Recognised as Colour

#FAEEB5

  • #FAEEB5
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAEEB5 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 181 and HSL 50°, 87%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAEEB5#FAEEB5
HEX#FAEEB5
RGBrgb(250, 238, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.7098
RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 71%
HSLhsl(49.6, 87.3%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 27.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 27.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,445,109
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.96:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#05114A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9EBB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FDEFB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 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 text17.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.3Moccasin · ΔE 7.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.9Wheat · ΔE 9.1Navajo white · ΔE 9.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.32, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5C1FA
Analogous#FACCB5, #E3FAB5
Triadic#B5FAEE, #EEB5FA
Split complementary#B5E3FA, #CCB5FA
Tetradic#B5FACC, #B5C1FA, #FAB5E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF9E5
Darker −10%#F7E385
Darker −20%#F4D855
Darker −30%#F0CD26
Darker −40%#D5B20E
More saturated +25%#FFF1B0
Less saturated −25%#F0E8BF

Channel breakdown

R250
G238
B181
Red250 (98%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue49.57°
Saturation (HSL)87.34%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B B5

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