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#FAEC8A

#faec8a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#faec8a 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 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 44.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.1.

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Relative luminance0.8215

Complementary

  1. #faec8a
  2. #8a98fa

Split complementary

  1. #faec8a
  2. #8ad0fa
  3. #b48afa

Analogous

  1. #fab48a
  2. #faec8a
  3. #d0fa8a

Triadic

  1. #faec8a
  2. #8afaec
  3. #ec8afa

Tetradic

  1. #faec8a
  2. #98fa8a
  3. #8a98fa
  4. #ec8afa

Square

  1. #faec8a
  2. #8afab4
  3. #8a98fa
  4. #fa8ad0

Monochromatic

  1. #e1c60a
  2. #f7e041
  3. #faec8a
  4. #fdf8d3
  5. #fefceb

Shades

#faec8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec8a
  2. #e1d47c
  3. #c8bd6e
  4. #afa561
  5. #968e53
  6. #7d7645
  7. #645e37
  8. #4b4729
  9. #322f1c
  10. #19180e
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec8a
  2. #fbee96
  3. #fbf0a1
  4. #fcf2ad
  5. #fcf4b9
  6. #fdf6c5
  7. #fdf7d0
  8. #fef9dc
  9. #fefbe8
  10. #fffdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec8a
  2. #eee189
  3. #e2d688
  4. #d5cc87
  5. #c9c186
  6. #bdb685
  7. #b1ab84
  8. #a5a083
  9. #989682
  10. #8c8b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce682 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbe985 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #feec8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec8a {
  color: #faec8a;
}
Background
.bg-faec8a {
  background-color: #faec8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec8a {
  border: 2px solid #faec8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec8a, #d0fa8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.10 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 3.66 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.81 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.22 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.64 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.68 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.62 #051375 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Khaki
#faec8a  rgb(250, 236, 138)  hsl(53, 92%, 76%)  Khaki
#8a98fa  rgb(138, 152, 250)  hsl(233, 92%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#8afaec  rgb(138, 250, 236)  hsl(173, 92%, 76%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec8afa  rgb(236, 138, 250)  hsl(293, 92%, 76%)  Violet