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#FAEE3A

#faee3a ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faee3a 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 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.25°, with 95.05% saturation and 60.39% 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 17.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 2.15.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8178

Complementary

  1. #faee3a
  2. #3a46fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee3a
  2. #3aa6fa
  3. #8e3afa

Analogous

  1. #fa8e3a
  2. #faee3a
  3. #a6fa3a

Triadic

  1. #faee3a
  2. #3afaee
  3. #ee3afa

Tetradic

  1. #faee3a
  2. #46fa3a
  3. #3a46fa
  4. #ee3afa

Square

  1. #faee3a
  2. #3afa8e
  3. #3a46fa
  4. #fa3aa6

Monochromatic

  1. #978e04
  2. #e2d406
  3. #faee3a
  4. #fcf485
  5. #fefbcf

Shades

#faee3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee3a
  2. #e1d634
  3. #c8be2e
  4. #afa729
  5. #968f23
  6. #7d771d
  7. #645f17
  8. #4b4711
  9. #32300c
  10. #191806
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee3a
  2. #fbf04e
  3. #fbf161
  4. #fcf375
  5. #fcf589
  6. #fdf79d
  7. #fdf8b0
  8. #fefac4
  9. #fefcd8
  10. #fffdeb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee3a
  2. #eee341
  3. #e2d848
  4. #d5cd4f
  5. #c9c256
  6. #bdb75d
  7. #b1ac64
  8. #a5a16b
  9. #989672
  10. #8c8b79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed49 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdecd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe923 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee3a {
  color: #faee3a;
}
Background
.bg-faee3a {
  background-color: #faee3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee3a {
  border: 2px solid #faee3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee3a, #a6fa3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 58 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.15 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.32 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.50 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.78 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.80 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.94 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.31 #0511c5 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee3a  rgb(250, 238, 58)  hsl(56, 95%, 60%)  Aureolin
#3a46fa  rgb(58, 70, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#3afaee  rgb(58, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 60%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee3afa  rgb(238, 58, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 60%)  Fuchsia