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#FAEC00

#faec00 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faec00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 92.55% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 100% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.64°, with 100% saturation and 49.02% 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 17.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.52.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8031

Complementary

  1. #faec00
  2. #000efa

Split complementary

  1. #faec00
  2. #008bfa
  3. #6f00fa

Analogous

  1. #fa6f00
  2. #faec00
  3. #8bfa00

Triadic

  1. #faec00
  2. #00faec
  3. #ec00fa

Tetradic

  1. #faec00
  2. #0efa00
  3. #000efa
  4. #ec00fa

Square

  1. #faec00
  2. #00fa6f
  3. #000efa
  4. #fa008b

Monochromatic

  1. #615c00
  2. #aea400
  3. #faec00
  4. #fff548
  5. #fff994

Shades

#faec00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec00
  2. #e1d400
  3. #c8bd00
  4. #afa500
  5. #968e00
  6. #7d7600
  7. #645e00
  8. #4b4700
  9. #322f00
  10. #191800
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec00
  2. #fbee1a
  3. #fbf033
  4. #fcf24d
  5. #fcf466
  6. #fdf680
  7. #fdf799
  8. #fef9b3
  9. #fefbcc
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec00
  2. #eee10d
  3. #e2d61a
  4. #d5cc26
  5. #c9c133
  6. #bdb640
  7. #b1ab4d
  8. #a5a05a
  9. #989666
  10. #8c8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec00 {
  color: #faec00;
}
Background
.bg-faec00 {
  background-color: #faec00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec00 {
  border: 2px solid #faec00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec00, #8bfa00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 0 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.52 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.85 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.05 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.22 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.47 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.11 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.52 #0513ff Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faec00  rgb(250, 236, 0)  hsl(57, 100%, 49%)  Aureolin
#000efa  rgb(0, 14, 250)  hsl(237, 100%, 49%)  Blue
#00faec  rgb(0, 250, 236)  hsl(177, 100%, 49%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec00fa  rgb(236, 0, 250)  hsl(297, 100%, 49%)  Fuchsia