All About Color #FAE900

#FAE900

About #FAE900

#FAE900 is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FAE900. In RGB it is red 250, green 233, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 56°, saturation 100%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 7%, 100%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 1.26:1 on white and 16.72:1 on black.

#FAE900 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, E9, 00
CMYK0.00%, 6.80%, 100.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 233, 0
HSL56°, 100%, 49%
RGB Octal372, 351, 0
HSV (HSB)55.92°, 100.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 11101001, 0
CIE-L*AB91.05, -13.02, 89.88
RGB Percent98.04%, 91.37%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH91.05, 90.82, 98.24
XYZ68.56, 78.60, 11.56
CIE-L*UV91.05, 19.00, 98.69
xyY0.43, 0.50, 78.60
Hunter-Lab88.66, -17.11, 54.33
RYB7.15%, 98.04%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FAE900 on a dark background: contrast 16.72:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FAE900 on a light background: contrast 1.26:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FAE900, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FAE900 · #FFF457 · #9E9400 · #0011FA · #5762FF

Analogous palette

#FA0011 · #FA6C00 · #FAE900 · #8EFA00 · #11FA00

Triadic palette

#FAE900 · #00FAE9 · #E900FA · #FFF457 · #57FFF4

Tetradic palette

#FAE900 · #00FA6C · #0011FA · #FA008E · #9E9400

Monochromatic palette

#615A00 · #ADA200 · #FAE900 · #FFF347 · #FFF894

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