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#FAEC0E

#faec0e ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faec0e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 94.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.44°, with 95.93% saturation and 51.76% 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 17.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.61.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8035

Complementary

  1. #faec0e
  2. #0e1cfa

Split complementary

  1. #faec0e
  2. #0e92fa
  3. #760efa

Analogous

  1. #fa760e
  2. #faec0e
  3. #92fa0e

Triadic

  1. #faec0e
  2. #0efaec
  3. #ec0efa

Tetradic

  1. #faec0e
  2. #1cfa0e
  3. #0e1cfa
  4. #ec0efa

Square

  1. #faec0e
  2. #0efa76
  3. #0e1cfa
  4. #fa0e92

Monochromatic

  1. #6d6602
  2. #b8ad04
  3. #faec0e
  4. #fcf259
  5. #fdf8a4

Shades

#faec0e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec0e
  2. #e1d40d
  3. #c8bd0b
  4. #afa50a
  5. #968e08
  6. #7d7607
  7. #645e06
  8. #4b4704
  9. #322f03
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec0e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec0e
  2. #fbee26
  3. #fbf03e
  4. #fcf256
  5. #fcf46e
  6. #fdf687
  7. #fdf79f
  8. #fef9b7
  9. #fefbcf
  10. #fffde7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec0e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec0e
  2. #eee119
  3. #e2d625
  4. #d5cc30
  5. #c9c13c
  6. #bdb647
  7. #b1ab52
  8. #a5a05e
  9. #989669
  10. #8c8b75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe9b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec0e {
  color: #faec0e;
}
Background
.bg-faec0e {
  background-color: #faec0e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec0e {
  border: 2px solid #faec0e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec0e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 96% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec0e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec0e, #92fa0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec0e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 14 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.61 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.92 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.01 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.26 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.51 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.98 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.53 #0513f1 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faec0e  rgb(250, 236, 14)  hsl(56, 96%, 52%)  Aureolin
#0e1cfa  rgb(14, 28, 250)  hsl(236, 96%, 52%)  Blue
#0efaec  rgb(14, 250, 236)  hsl(176, 96%, 52%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec0efa  rgb(236, 14, 250)  hsl(296, 96%, 52%)  Fuchsia