All About Color #FAAF00

#FAAF00

About #FAAF00

#FAAF00 is a medium orange color with the hex code #FAAF00. In RGB it is red 250, green 175, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 42°, saturation 100%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 30%, 100%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.88:1 on white and 11.20:1 on black.

#FAAF00 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, AF, 00
CMYK0.00%, 30.00%, 100.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 175, 0
HSL42°, 100%, 49%
RGB Octal372, 257, 0
HSV (HSB)42.00°, 100.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 10101111, 0
CIE-L*AB76.67, 16.60, 79.83
RGB Percent98.04%, 68.63%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH76.67, 81.53, 78.25
XYZ54.75, 50.98, 6.96
CIE-L*UV76.67, 62.58, 77.43
xyY0.49, 0.45, 50.98
Hunter-Lab71.40, 11.92, 44.21
RYB42.02%, 98.04%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAAF00 on a dark background: contrast 11.20:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAAF00 on a light background: contrast 1.88:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAAF00, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FAAF00 · #FFCD57 · #9E6F00 · #004BFA · #5789FF

Analogous palette

#FA004B · #FA3200 · #FAAF00 · #C8FA00 · #4BFA00

Triadic palette

#FAAF00 · #00FAAF · #AF00FA · #FFCD57 · #57FFCD

Tetradic palette

#FAAF00 · #00FA32 · #004BFA · #FA00C8 · #9E6F00

Monochromatic palette

#614400 · #AD7900 · #FAAF00 · #FFC847 · #FFDF94

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