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Recognised as Colour

#FAF9AE

  • #FAF9AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAF9AE is a yellow with RGB values 250, 249, 174 and HSL 59°, 88%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAF9AE#FAF9AE
HEX#FAF9AE
RGBrgb(250, 249, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9765, 0.6824
RGB percentages98%, 97.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(59.2, 88.4%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 30.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 30.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,447,918
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF9AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.23:1
Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#050651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF3A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF6B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFF0E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.2Khaki · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15Moccasin · ΔE 17.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 17.6Navajo white · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEAFFA
Analogous#FAD3AE, #D5FAAE
Triadic#AEFAF9, #F9AEFA
Split complementary#AED5FA, #D3AEFA
Tetradic#AEFAD3, #AEAFFA, #FAAED5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFDDE
Darker −10%#F7F57E
Darker −20%#F4F24E
Darker −30%#F1EE1E
Darker −40%#CFCD0D
More saturated +25%#FFFEA9
Less saturated −25%#EFEFB9

Channel breakdown

R250
G249
B174
Red250 (98%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue59.21°
Saturation (HSL)88.37%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F9 · B AE

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