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#FAEC7E

#faec7e ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#faec7e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 92.55% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 49.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 53.23°, with 92.54% saturation and 73.73% 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 17.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.8182

Complementary

  1. #faec7e
  2. #7e8cfa

Split complementary

  1. #faec7e
  2. #7ecafa
  3. #ae7efa

Analogous

  1. #faae7e
  2. #faec7e
  3. #cafa7e

Triadic

  1. #faec7e
  2. #7efaec
  3. #ec7efa

Tetradic

  1. #faec7e
  2. #8cfa7e
  3. #7e8cfa
  4. #ec7efa

Square

  1. #faec7e
  2. #7efaae
  3. #7e8cfa
  4. #fa7eca

Monochromatic

  1. #d7bf08
  2. #f7e134
  3. #faec7e
  4. #fdf7c8
  5. #fefceb

Shades

#faec7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec7e
  2. #e1d471
  3. #c8bd65
  4. #afa558
  5. #968e4c
  6. #7d763f
  7. #645e32
  8. #4b4726
  9. #322f19
  10. #19180d
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec7e
  2. #fbee8b
  3. #fbf098
  4. #fcf2a5
  5. #fcf4b2
  6. #fdf6bf
  7. #fdf7cb
  8. #fef9d8
  9. #fefbe5
  10. #fffdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec7e
  2. #eee17e
  3. #e2d67e
  4. #d5cc7f
  5. #c9c17f
  6. #bdb67f
  7. #b1ab7f
  8. #a5a07f
  9. #989680
  10. #8c8b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0eac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde674 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec83 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fce878 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec81 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec7e {
  color: #faec7e;
}
Background
.bg-faec7e {
  background-color: #faec7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec7e {
  border: 2px solid #faec7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 93% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec7e, #cafa7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 126 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.31 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.39 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.39 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.53 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.61 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.89 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.29 #051381 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Khaki
#faec7e  rgb(250, 236, 126)  hsl(53, 93%, 74%)  Khaki
#7e8cfa  rgb(126, 140, 250)  hsl(233, 93%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#7efaec  rgb(126, 250, 236)  hsl(173, 93%, 74%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec7efa  rgb(236, 126, 250)  hsl(293, 93%, 74%)  Violet