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#FAE09F

#fae09f ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fae09f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 87.84% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.4% magenta, 36.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 90.1% saturation and 80.2% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.7614

Complementary

  1. #fae09f
  2. #9fb9fa

Split complementary

  1. #fae09f
  2. #9fe7fa
  3. #b39ffa

Analogous

  1. #fab39f
  2. #fae09f
  3. #e7fa9f

Triadic

  1. #fae09f
  2. #9ffae0
  3. #e09ffa

Tetradic

  1. #fae09f
  2. #b9fa9f
  3. #9fb9fa
  4. #e09ffa

Square

  1. #fae09f
  2. #9ffab3
  3. #9fb9fa
  4. #fa9fe7

Monochromatic

  1. #f2b10e
  2. #f6c956
  3. #fae09f
  4. #fef7e8
  5. #fef9ec

Shades

#fae09f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fae09f
  2. #e1ca8f
  3. #c8b37f
  4. #af9d6f
  5. #96865f
  6. #7d7050
  7. #645a40
  8. #4b4330
  9. #322d20
  10. #191610
  11. #000000

Tints

#fae09f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fae09f
  2. #fbe3a9
  3. #fbe6b2
  4. #fce9bc
  5. #fcecc5
  6. #fdf0cf
  7. #fdf3d9
  8. #fef6e2
  9. #fef9ec
  10. #fffcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fae09f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fae09f
  2. #eed69c
  3. #e2cd99
  4. #d5c396
  5. #c9ba93
  6. #bdb090
  7. #b1a68c
  8. #a59d89
  9. #989386
  10. #8c8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece1cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efde9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5e5a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd6cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3df9c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e3a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffdabe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fae09f {
  color: #fae09f;
}
Background
.bg-fae09f {
  background-color: #fae09f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fae09f {
  border: 2px solid #fae09f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fae09f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 224 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fae09f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fae09f, #e7fa9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fae09f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 224 159 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.78 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 3.91 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 4.46 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.89 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.01 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.32 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.50 #051f60 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#fae09f  rgb(250, 224, 159)  hsl(43, 90%, 80%)  Vanilla
#9fb9fa  rgb(159, 185, 250)  hsl(223, 90%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#9ffae0  rgb(159, 250, 224)  hsl(163, 90%, 80%)  Magic Mint
#e09ffa  rgb(224, 159, 250)  hsl(283, 90%, 80%)  Mauve