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#FAEE2E

#faee2e ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faee2e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 81.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.47°, with 95.33% saturation and 58.04% 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 17.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.54.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8167

Complementary

  1. #faee2e
  2. #2e3afa

Split complementary

  1. #faee2e
  2. #2ea0fa
  3. #882efa

Analogous

  1. #fa882e
  2. #faee2e
  3. #a0fa2e

Triadic

  1. #faee2e
  2. #2efaee
  3. #ee2efa

Tetradic

  1. #faee2e
  2. #3afa2e
  3. #2e3afa
  4. #ee2efa

Square

  1. #faee2e
  2. #2efa88
  3. #2e3afa
  4. #fa2ea0

Monochromatic

  1. #8c8403
  2. #d6ca05
  3. #faee2e
  4. #fcf479
  5. #fefac3

Shades

#faee2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee2e
  2. #e1d629
  3. #c8be25
  4. #afa720
  5. #968f1c
  6. #7d7717
  7. #645f12
  8. #4b470e
  9. #323009
  10. #191805
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee2e
  2. #fbf043
  3. #fbf158
  4. #fcf36d
  5. #fcf582
  6. #fdf797
  7. #fdf8ab
  8. #fefac0
  9. #fefcd5
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee2e
  2. #eee336
  3. #e2d83e
  4. #d5cd47
  5. #c9c24f
  6. #bdb757
  7. #b1ac5f
  8. #a5a167
  9. #989670
  10. #8c8b78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed40 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe904 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed3a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee2e {
  color: #faee2e;
}
Background
.bg-faee2e {
  background-color: #faee2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee2e {
  border: 2px solid #faee2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee2e, #a0fa2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 46 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.54 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.74 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.18 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.28 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.47 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.91 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.83 #0511d1 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee2e  rgb(250, 238, 46)  hsl(56, 95%, 58%)  Aureolin
#2e3afa  rgb(46, 58, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 58%)  Han Purple
#2efaee  rgb(46, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee2efa  rgb(238, 46, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 58%)  Fuchsia