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#FAEC24

#faec24 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faec24 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 85.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.07°, with 95.54% saturation and 56.08% 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 17.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.1.

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Relative luminance0.8044

Complementary

  1. #faec24
  2. #2432fa

Split complementary

  1. #faec24
  2. #249dfa
  3. #8124fa

Analogous

  1. #fa8124
  2. #faec24
  3. #9dfa24

Triadic

  1. #faec24
  2. #24faec
  3. #ec24fa

Tetradic

  1. #faec24
  2. #32fa24
  3. #2432fa
  4. #ec24fa

Square

  1. #faec24
  2. #24fa81
  3. #2432fa
  4. #fa249d

Monochromatic

  1. #827a03
  2. #cdc005
  3. #faec24
  4. #fcf26f
  5. #fdf9ba

Shades

#faec24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec24
  2. #e1d420
  3. #c8bd1d
  4. #afa519
  5. #968e16
  6. #7d7612
  7. #645e0e
  8. #4b470b
  9. #322f07
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec24
  2. #fbee3a
  3. #fbf050
  4. #fcf266
  5. #fcf47c
  6. #fdf692
  7. #fdf7a7
  8. #fef9bd
  9. #fefbd3
  10. #fffde9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec24
  2. #eee12d
  3. #e2d636
  4. #d5cc40
  5. #c9c149
  6. #bdb652
  7. #b1ab5b
  8. #a5a064
  9. #98966e
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe9ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec24 {
  color: #faec24;
}
Background
.bg-faec24 {
  background-color: #faec24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec24 {
  border: 2px solid #faec24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec24, #9dfa24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 36 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.10 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.34 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.02 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.47 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.64 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.70 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.38 #0513db Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faec24  rgb(250, 236, 36)  hsl(56, 96%, 56%)  Aureolin
#2432fa  rgb(36, 50, 250)  hsl(236, 96%, 56%)  Han Purple
#24faec  rgb(36, 250, 236)  hsl(176, 96%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec24fa  rgb(236, 36, 250)  hsl(296, 96%, 56%)  Fuchsia