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#FAEE3B

#faee3b ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee3b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 93.33% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 76.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.23°, with 95.02% saturation and 60.59% 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 2.21.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8179

Complementary

  1. #faee3b
  2. #3b47fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee3b
  2. #3ba7fa
  3. #8f3bfa

Analogous

  1. #fa8f3b
  2. #faee3b
  3. #a7fa3b

Triadic

  1. #faee3b
  2. #3bfaee
  3. #ee3bfa

Tetradic

  1. #faee3b
  2. #47fa3b
  3. #3b47fa
  4. #ee3bfa

Square

  1. #faee3b
  2. #3bfa8f
  3. #3b47fa
  4. #fa3ba7

Monochromatic

  1. #988f04
  2. #e3d506
  3. #faee3b
  4. #fcf486
  5. #fefbd0

Shades

#faee3b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee3b
  2. #e1d635
  3. #c8be2f
  4. #afa729
  5. #968f23
  6. #7d771e
  7. #645f18
  8. #4b4712
  9. #32300c
  10. #191806
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee3b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee3b
  2. #fbf04f
  3. #fbf162
  4. #fcf376
  5. #fcf589
  6. #fdf79d
  7. #fdf8b1
  8. #fefac4
  9. #fefcd8
  10. #fffdeb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee3b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee3b
  2. #eee342
  3. #e2d849
  4. #d5cd50
  5. #c9c257
  6. #bdb75e
  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 #ffe504 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed4a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdecd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe925 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee3b {
  color: #faee3b;
}
Background
.bg-faee3b {
  background-color: #faee3b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee3b {
  border: 2px solid #faee3b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee3b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee3b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee3b, #a7fa3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee3b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 59 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.21 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.38 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.54 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.80 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.83 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.98 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.27 #0511c4 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee3b  rgb(250, 238, 59)  hsl(56, 95%, 61%)  Aureolin
#3b47fa  rgb(59, 71, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#3bfaee  rgb(59, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 61%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee3bfa  rgb(238, 59, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 61%)  Fuchsia