All About Color #FAE70F

#FAE70F

About #FAE70F

#FAE70F is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FAE70F. In RGB it is red 250, green 231, blue 15; in HSL it is hue 55°, saturation 96%, lightness 52%; in CMYK it is 0%, 8%, 94%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.27:1 on white and 16.50:1 on black.

#FAE70F Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, E7, 0F
CMYK0.00%, 7.60%, 94.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 231, 15
HSL55°, 96%, 52%
RGB Octal372, 347, 17
HSV (HSB)55.15°, 94.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 11100111, 1111
CIE-L*AB90.56, -11.91, 88.30
RGB Percent98.04%, 90.59%, 5.88%
CIE-L*CH90.56, 89.10, 97.68
XYZ68.09, 77.51, 11.82
CIE-L*UV90.56, 20.32, 97.25
xyY0.43, 0.49, 77.51
Hunter-Lab88.04, -16.03, 53.66
RYB13.99%, 98.04%, 5.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAE70F on a dark background: contrast 16.50:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAE70F on a light background: contrast 1.27:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAE70F, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FAE70F · #FCF069 · #AA9C03 · #0F23FA · #6975FC

Analogous palette

#FA0F23 · #FA710F · #FAE70F · #98FA0F · #23FA0F

Triadic palette

#FAE70F · #0FFAE7 · #E70FFA · #FCF069 · #69FCF0

Tetradic palette

#FAE70F · #0FFA71 · #0F23FA · #FA0F98 · #AA9C03

Monochromatic palette

#6E6502 · #B9AA04 · #FAE70F · #FCEE5A · #FDF6A5

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