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#FAEE0C

#faee0c ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faee0c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 93.33% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 95.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.97°, with 95.97% saturation and 51.37% 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 17.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.72.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.815

Complementary

  1. #faee0c
  2. #0c18fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee0c
  2. #0c8ffa
  3. #770cfa

Analogous

  1. #fa770c
  2. #faee0c
  3. #8ffa0c

Triadic

  1. #faee0c
  2. #0cfaee
  3. #ee0cfa

Tetradic

  1. #faee0c
  2. #18fa0c
  3. #0c18fa
  4. #ee0cfa

Square

  1. #faee0c
  2. #0cfa77
  3. #0c18fa
  4. #fa0c8f

Monochromatic

  1. #6b6602
  2. #b6ad04
  3. #faee0c
  4. #fcf357
  5. #fdf8a2

Shades

#faee0c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee0c
  2. #e1d60b
  3. #c8be0a
  4. #afa708
  5. #968f07
  6. #7d7706
  7. #645f05
  8. #4b4704
  9. #323002
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee0c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee0c
  2. #fbf024
  3. #fbf13d
  4. #fcf355
  5. #fcf56d
  6. #fdf786
  7. #fdf89e
  8. #fefab6
  9. #fefcce
  10. #fffde7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee0c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee0c
  2. #eee318
  3. #e2d823
  4. #d5cd2f
  5. #c9c23a
  6. #bdb746
  7. #b1ac52
  8. #a5a15d
  9. #989669
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee0c {
  color: #faee0c;
}
Background
.bg-faee0c {
  background-color: #faee0c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee0c {
  border: 2px solid #faee0c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee0c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee0c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee0c, #8ffa0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee0c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 12 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.72 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.00 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.74 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.98 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.08 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.36 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.98 #0511f3 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee0c  rgb(250, 238, 12)  hsl(57, 96%, 51%)  Aureolin
#0c18fa  rgb(12, 24, 250)  hsl(237, 96%, 51%)  Blue
#0cfaee  rgb(12, 250, 238)  hsl(177, 96%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee0cfa  rgb(238, 12, 250)  hsl(297, 96%, 51%)  Fuchsia