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#FAE006

#fae006 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fae006 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 87.84% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.4% magenta, 97.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 53.61°, with 96.06% saturation and 50.2% 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 15.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.41.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7365

Complementary

  1. #fae006
  2. #0620fa

Split complementary

  1. #fae006
  2. #069afa
  3. #6606fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6606
  2. #fae006
  3. #9afa06

Triadic

  1. #fae006
  2. #06fae0
  3. #e006fa

Tetradic

  1. #fae006
  2. #20fa06
  3. #0620fa
  4. #e006fa

Square

  1. #fae006
  2. #06fa66
  3. #0620fa
  4. #fa069a

Monochromatic

  1. #655a02
  2. #b09e04
  3. #fae006
  4. #fce951
  5. #fdf39c

Shades

#fae006 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fae006
  2. #e1ca05
  3. #c8b305
  4. #af9d04
  5. #968604
  6. #7d7003
  7. #645a02
  8. #4b4302
  9. #322d01
  10. #191601
  11. #000000

Tints

#fae006 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fae006
  2. #fbe31f
  3. #fbe638
  4. #fce951
  5. #fcec6a
  6. #fdf083
  7. #fdf39b
  8. #fef6b4
  9. #fef9cd
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fae006 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fae006
  2. #eed612
  3. #e2cd1e
  4. #d5c32b
  5. #c9ba37
  6. #bdb043
  7. #b1a64f
  8. #a59d5b
  9. #989368
  10. #8c8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eadfb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee329 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce220 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd698 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fae006 {
  color: #fae006;
}
Background
.bg-fae006 {
  background-color: #fae006;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fae006 {
  border: 2px solid #fae006;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fae006;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 224 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fae006 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fae006, #9afa06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fae006 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 224 6 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.41 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.93 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.03 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.70 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.74 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.75 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.14 #051ff9 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fae006  rgb(250, 224, 6)  hsl(54, 96%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#0620fa  rgb(6, 32, 250)  hsl(234, 96%, 50%)  Blue
#06fae0  rgb(6, 250, 224)  hsl(174, 96%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#e006fa  rgb(224, 6, 250)  hsl(294, 96%, 50%)  Fuchsia