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#FAEE1D

#faee1d ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faee1d 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 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 88.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.74°, with 95.67% saturation and 54.71% 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 0.96.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8156

Complementary

  1. #faee1d
  2. #1d29fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee1d
  2. #1d98fa
  3. #801dfa

Analogous

  1. #fa801d
  2. #faee1d
  3. #98fa1d

Triadic

  1. #faee1d
  2. #1dfaee
  3. #ee1dfa

Tetradic

  1. #faee1d
  2. #29fa1d
  3. #1d29fa
  4. #ee1dfa

Square

  1. #faee1d
  2. #1dfa80
  3. #1d29fa
  4. #fa1d98

Monochromatic

  1. #7b7503
  2. #c6bc04
  3. #faee1d
  4. #fcf468
  5. #fdf9b3

Shades

#faee1d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee1d
  2. #e1d61a
  3. #c8be17
  4. #afa714
  5. #968f11
  6. #7d770f
  7. #645f0c
  8. #4b4709
  9. #323006
  10. #191803
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee1d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee1d
  2. #fbf034
  3. #fbf14a
  4. #fcf361
  5. #fcf577
  6. #fdf78e
  7. #fdf8a5
  8. #fefabb
  9. #fefcd2
  10. #fffde8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee1d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee1d
  2. #eee327
  3. #e2d831
  4. #d5cd3b
  5. #c9c245
  6. #bdb74f
  7. #b1ac58
  8. #a5a162
  9. #98966c
  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 #f0ebbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed2e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee1d {
  color: #faee1d;
}
Background
.bg-faee1d {
  background-color: #faee1d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee1d {
  border: 2px solid #faee1d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee1d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee1d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee1d, #98fa1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee1d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 29 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.96 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.21 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.89 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.05 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.11 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.16 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 4.02 #0511e2 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee1d  rgb(250, 238, 29)  hsl(57, 96%, 55%)  Aureolin
#1d29fa  rgb(29, 41, 250)  hsl(237, 96%, 55%)  Ultramarine
#1dfaee  rgb(29, 250, 238)  hsl(177, 96%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee1dfa  rgb(238, 29, 250)  hsl(297, 96%, 55%)  Fuchsia