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#FAEE3F

#faee3f ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee3f 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 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 74.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 56.15°, with 94.92% saturation and 61.37% 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 17.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8183

Complementary

  1. #faee3f
  2. #3f4bfa

Split complementary

  1. #faee3f
  2. #3fa8fa
  3. #903ffa

Analogous

  1. #fa903f
  2. #faee3f
  3. #a8fa3f

Triadic

  1. #faee3f
  2. #3ffaee
  3. #ee3ffa

Tetradic

  1. #faee3f
  2. #4bfa3f
  3. #3f4bfa
  4. #ee3ffa

Square

  1. #faee3f
  2. #3ffa90
  3. #3f4bfa
  4. #fa3fa8

Monochromatic

  1. #9c9204
  2. #e6d806
  3. #faee3f
  4. #fcf58a
  5. #fefbd4

Shades

#faee3f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee3f
  2. #e1d639
  3. #c8be32
  4. #afa72c
  5. #968f26
  6. #7d7720
  7. #645f19
  8. #4b4713
  9. #32300d
  10. #191806
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee3f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee3f
  2. #fbf052
  3. #fbf165
  4. #fcf379
  5. #fcf58c
  6. #fdf79f
  7. #fdf8b2
  8. #fefac5
  9. #fefcd9
  10. #fffdec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee3f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee3f
  2. #eee346
  3. #e2d84c
  4. #d5cd53
  5. #c9c259
  6. #bdb760
  7. #b1ac66
  8. #a5a16d
  9. #989673
  10. #8c8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe515 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdecd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe92b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed48 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee3f {
  color: #faee3f;
}
Background
.bg-faee3f {
  background-color: #faee3f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee3f {
  border: 2px solid #faee3f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee3f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee3f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee3f, #a8fa3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee3f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 63 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.46 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.61 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.70 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.81 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.04 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.09 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 3.19 #0511c0 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#faee3f  rgb(250, 238, 63)  hsl(56, 95%, 61%)  Aureolin
#3f4bfa  rgb(63, 75, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#3ffaee  rgb(63, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 61%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee3ffa  rgb(238, 63, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 61%)  Fuchsia