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#FAEE17

#faee17 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faee17 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 90.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.83°, with 95.78% saturation and 53.53% 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 17.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.84.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8153

Complementary

  1. #faee17
  2. #1723fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee17
  2. #1794fa
  3. #7d17fa

Analogous

  1. #fa7d17
  2. #faee17
  3. #94fa17

Triadic

  1. #faee17
  2. #17faee
  3. #ee17fa

Tetradic

  1. #faee17
  2. #23fa17
  3. #1723fa
  4. #ee17fa

Square

  1. #faee17
  2. #17fa7d
  3. #1723fa
  4. #fa1794

Monochromatic

  1. #756f03
  2. #c0b604
  3. #faee17
  4. #fcf362
  5. #fdf9ad

Shades

#faee17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee17
  2. #e1d615
  3. #c8be12
  4. #afa710
  5. #968f0e
  6. #7d770c
  7. #645f09
  8. #4b4707
  9. #323005
  10. #191802
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee17
  2. #fbf02e
  3. #fbf145
  4. #fcf35d
  5. #fcf574
  6. #fdf78b
  7. #fdf8a2
  8. #fefab9
  9. #fefcd1
  10. #fffde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee17
  2. #eee322
  3. #e2d82c
  4. #d5cd37
  5. #c9c241
  6. #bdb74c
  7. #b1ac56
  8. #a5a161
  9. #98966b
  10. #8c8b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.31:1 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 #ffed33 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee17 {
  color: #faee17;
}
Background
.bg-faee17 {
  background-color: #faee17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee17 {
  border: 2px solid #faee17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee17, #94fa17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 23 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.84 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.11 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.82 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.05 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.05 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.24 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.01 #0511e8 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee17  rgb(250, 238, 23)  hsl(57, 96%, 54%)  Aureolin
#1723fa  rgb(23, 35, 250)  hsl(237, 96%, 54%)  Blue
#17faee  rgb(23, 250, 238)  hsl(177, 96%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee17fa  rgb(238, 23, 250)  hsl(297, 96%, 54%)  Fuchsia