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#FAEC29

#faec29 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faec29 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 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 83.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.98°, with 95.43% saturation and 57.06% 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 1.29.

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Relative luminance0.8047

Complementary

  1. #faec29
  2. #2937fa

Split complementary

  1. #faec29
  2. #29a0fa
  3. #8429fa

Analogous

  1. #fa8429
  2. #faec29
  3. #a0fa29

Triadic

  1. #faec29
  2. #29faec
  3. #ec29fa

Tetradic

  1. #faec29
  2. #37fa29
  3. #2937fa
  4. #ec29fa

Square

  1. #faec29
  2. #29fa84
  3. #2937fa
  4. #fa29a0

Monochromatic

  1. #877e03
  2. #d2c405
  3. #faec29
  4. #fcf374
  5. #fdf9bf

Shades

#faec29 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec29
  2. #e1d425
  3. #c8bd21
  4. #afa51d
  5. #968e19
  6. #7d7615
  7. #645e10
  8. #4b470c
  9. #322f08
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec29 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec29
  2. #fbee3e
  3. #fbf054
  4. #fcf269
  5. #fcf47f
  6. #fdf694
  7. #fdf7a9
  8. #fef9bf
  9. #fefbd4
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec29 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec29
  2. #eee132
  3. #e2d63a
  4. #d5cc43
  5. #c9c14c
  6. #bdb655
  7. #b1ab5d
  8. #a5a066
  9. #98966f
  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 #ffeb3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec36 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec29 {
  color: #faec29;
}
Background
.bg-faec29 {
  background-color: #faec29;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec29 {
  border: 2px solid #faec29;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec29;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec29 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec29, #a0fa29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec29 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 41 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.29 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.51 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.07 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.56 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.58 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.80 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.33 #0513d6 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faec29  rgb(250, 236, 41)  hsl(56, 95%, 57%)  Aureolin
#2937fa  rgb(41, 55, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple
#29faec  rgb(41, 250, 236)  hsl(176, 95%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec29fa  rgb(236, 41, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 57%)  Fuchsia