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#FAC65E

#fac65e ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fac65e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 77.65% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.8% magenta, 62.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 93.98% saturation and 67.45% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.6152

Complementary

  1. #fac65e
  2. #5e92fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac65e
  2. #5ee0fa
  3. #785efa

Analogous

  1. #fa785e
  2. #fac65e
  3. #e0fa5e

Triadic

  1. #fac65e
  2. #5efac6
  3. #c65efa

Tetradic

  1. #fac65e
  2. #92fa5e
  3. #5e92fa
  4. #c65efa

Square

  1. #fac65e
  2. #5efa78
  3. #5e92fa
  4. #fa5ee0

Monochromatic

  1. #b97d06
  2. #f8ac14
  3. #fac65e
  4. #fce0a8
  5. #fef8eb

Shades

#fac65e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac65e
  2. #e1b255
  3. #c89e4b
  4. #af8b42
  5. #967738
  6. #7d632f
  7. #644f26
  8. #4b3b1c
  9. #322813
  10. #191409
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac65e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac65e
  2. #fbcc6e
  3. #fbd17e
  4. #fcd78e
  5. #fcdd9e
  6. #fde3af
  7. #fde8bf
  8. #feeecf
  9. #fef4df
  10. #fff9ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac65e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac65e
  2. #eebf61
  3. #e2b865
  4. #d5b168
  5. #c9aa6c
  6. #bda36f
  7. #b19c72
  8. #a59576
  9. #988e79
  10. #8c877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1cbac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc653 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d362 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb6af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9c658 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0ce60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac65e {
  color: #fac65e;
}
Background
.bg-fac65e {
  background-color: #fac65e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac65e {
  border: 2px solid #fac65e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac65e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 198 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac65e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac65e, #e0fa5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac65e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 198 94 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.19 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.20 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 5.22 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.47 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.09 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.27 #0539a1 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac65e  rgb(250, 198, 94)  hsl(40, 94%, 67%)  Saffron
#5e92fa  rgb(94, 146, 250)  hsl(220, 94%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#5efac6  rgb(94, 250, 198)  hsl(160, 94%, 67%)  Aquamarine
#c65efa  rgb(198, 94, 250)  hsl(280, 94%, 67%)  Medium Orchid