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#FAED06

#faed06 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faed06 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 92.94% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 97.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.8°, with 96.06% saturation and 50.2% 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 17.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.55.

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Relative luminance0.8091

Complementary

  1. #faed06
  2. #0613fa

Split complementary

  1. #faed06
  2. #068dfa
  3. #7306fa

Analogous

  1. #fa7306
  2. #faed06
  3. #8dfa06

Triadic

  1. #faed06
  2. #06faed
  3. #ed06fa

Tetradic

  1. #faed06
  2. #13fa06
  3. #0613fa
  4. #ed06fa

Square

  1. #faed06
  2. #06fa73
  3. #0613fa
  4. #fa068d

Monochromatic

  1. #656002
  2. #b0a704
  3. #faed06
  4. #fcf251
  5. #fdf89c

Shades

#faed06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faed06
  2. #e1d505
  3. #c8be05
  4. #afa604
  5. #968e04
  6. #7d7703
  7. #645f02
  8. #4b4702
  9. #322f01
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#faed06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faed06
  2. #fbef1f
  3. #fbf138
  4. #fcf251
  5. #fcf46a
  6. #fdf683
  7. #fdf89b
  8. #fefab4
  9. #fefbcd
  10. #fffde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faed06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faed06
  2. #eee212
  3. #e2d71e
  4. #d5cc2b
  5. #c9c137
  6. #bdb743
  7. #b1ac4f
  8. #a5a15b
  9. #989668
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0eab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdcca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faed06 {
  color: #faed06;
}
Background
.bg-faed06 {
  background-color: #faed06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faed06 {
  border: 2px solid #faed06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faed06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 237 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faed06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faed06, #8dfa06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faed06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 237 6 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.55 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.88 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.97 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.04 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.22 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.23 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.24 #0512f9 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faed06  rgb(250, 237, 6)  hsl(57, 96%, 50%)  Aureolin
#0613fa  rgb(6, 19, 250)  hsl(237, 96%, 50%)  Blue
#06faed  rgb(6, 250, 237)  hsl(177, 96%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#ed06fa  rgb(237, 6, 250)  hsl(297, 96%, 50%)  Fuchsia