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#FAEE4A

#faee4a ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee4a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 93.33% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 70.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.91°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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 17.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8197

Complementary

  1. #faee4a
  2. #4a56fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee4a
  2. #4aaefa
  3. #964afa

Analogous

  1. #fa964a
  2. #faee4a
  3. #aefa4a

Triadic

  1. #faee4a
  2. #4afaee
  3. #ee4afa

Tetradic

  1. #faee4a
  2. #56fa4a
  3. #4a56fa
  4. #ee4afa

Square

  1. #faee4a
  2. #4afa96
  3. #4a56fa
  4. #fa4aae

Monochromatic

  1. #a69b05
  2. #f1e107
  3. #faee4a
  4. #fcf594
  5. #fefcdf

Shades

#faee4a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee4a
  2. #e1d643
  3. #c8be3b
  4. #afa734
  5. #968f2c
  6. #7d7725
  7. #645f1e
  8. #4b4716
  9. #32300f
  10. #191807
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee4a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee4a
  2. #fbf05c
  3. #fbf16e
  4. #fcf380
  5. #fcf592
  6. #fdf7a5
  7. #fdf8b7
  8. #fefac9
  9. #fefcdb
  10. #fffded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee4a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee4a
  2. #eee34f
  3. #e2d855
  4. #d5cd5a
  5. #c9c260
  6. #bdb765
  7. #b1ac6a
  8. #a5a170
  9. #989675
  10. #8c8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe62e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdece ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe93b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee4a {
  color: #faee4a;
}
Background
.bg-faee4a {
  background-color: #faee4a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee4a {
  border: 2px solid #faee4a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee4a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee4a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee4a, #aefa4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee4a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 74 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.62 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.97 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.22 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.28 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.36 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 3.72 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 3.85 #0511b5 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee4a  rgb(250, 238, 74)  hsl(56, 95%, 64%)  Icterine
#4a56fa  rgb(74, 86, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 64%)  Majorelle Blue
#4afaee  rgb(74, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 64%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee4afa  rgb(238, 74, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 64%)  Fuchsia