All About Color #FAE11E

#FAE11E

About #FAE11E

#FAE11E is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FAE11E. In RGB it is red 250, green 225, blue 30; in HSL it is hue 53°, saturation 96%, lightness 55%; in CMYK it is 0%, 10%, 88%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.32:1 on white and 15.85:1 on black.

#FAE11E Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, E1, 1E
CMYK0.00%, 10.00%, 88.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 225, 30
HSL53°, 96%, 55%
RGB Octal372, 341, 36
HSV (HSB)53.18°, 88.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 11100001, 11110
CIE-L*AB89.05, -8.73, 85.09
RGB Percent98.04%, 88.24%, 11.76%
CIE-L*CH89.05, 85.53, 95.86
XYZ66.58, 74.27, 12.05
CIE-L*UV89.05, 24.38, 93.79
xyY0.44, 0.49, 74.27
Hunter-Lab86.18, -12.90, 52.03
RYB22.83%, 98.04%, 11.76%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAE11E on a dark background: contrast 15.85:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAE11E on a light background: contrast 1.32:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAE11E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FAE11E · #FCED78 · #B9A404 · #1E38FA · #7887FC

Analogous palette

#FA1E38 · #FA731E · #FAE11E · #A6FA1E · #38FA1E

Triadic palette

#FAE11E · #1EFAE1 · #E11EFA · #FCED78 · #78FCED

Tetradic palette

#FAE11E · #1EFA73 · #1E38FA · #FA1EA6 · #B9A404

Monochromatic palette

#7D6F03 · #C8B104 · #FAE11E · #FCEB69 · #FDF5B4

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