All About Color #FAC400

#FAC400

About #FAC400

#FAC400 is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FAC400. In RGB it is red 250, green 196, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 47°, saturation 100%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 22%, 100%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.62:1 on white and 12.96:1 on black.

#FAC400 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, C4, 00
CMYK0.00%, 21.60%, 100.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 196, 0
HSL47°, 100%, 49%
RGB Octal372, 304, 0
HSV (HSB)47.04°, 100.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 11000100, 0
CIE-L*AB81.73, 5.66, 83.28
RGB Percent98.04%, 76.86%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH81.73, 83.47, 86.11
XYZ59.16, 59.80, 8.43
CIE-L*UV81.73, 45.99, 85.07
xyY0.46, 0.47, 59.80
Hunter-Lab77.33, 1.23, 47.67
RYB27.01%, 98.04%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAC400 on a dark background: contrast 12.96:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAC400 on a light background: contrast 1.62:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAC400, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FAC400. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FAC400 · #FFDB57 · #9E7C00 · #0036FA · #577BFF

Analogous palette

#FA0036 · #FA4700 · #FAC400 · #B3FA00 · #36FA00

Triadic palette

#FAC400 · #00FAC4 · #C400FA · #FFDB57 · #57FFDB

Tetradic palette

#FAC400 · #00FA47 · #0036FA · #FA00B3 · #9E7C00

Monochromatic palette

#614C00 · #AD8800 · #FAC400 · #FFD747 · #FFE894

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