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#FAEE4E

#faee4e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 68.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.81°, with 94.51% saturation and 64.31% 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 17.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.8202

Complementary

  1. #faee4e
  2. #4e5afa

Split complementary

  1. #faee4e
  2. #4eb0fa
  3. #984efa

Analogous

  1. #fa984e
  2. #faee4e
  3. #b0fa4e

Triadic

  1. #faee4e
  2. #4efaee
  3. #ee4efa

Tetradic

  1. #faee4e
  2. #5afa4e
  3. #4e5afa
  4. #ee4efa

Square

  1. #faee4e
  2. #4efa98
  3. #4e5afa
  4. #fa4eb0

Monochromatic

  1. #aa9f05
  2. #f5e407
  3. #faee4e
  4. #fcf598
  5. #fefce3

Shades

#faee4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee4e
  2. #e1d646
  3. #c8be3e
  4. #afa737
  5. #968f2f
  6. #7d7727
  7. #645f1f
  8. #4b4717
  9. #323010
  10. #191808
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee4e
  2. #fbf060
  3. #fbf171
  4. #fcf383
  5. #fcf595
  6. #fdf7a7
  7. #fdf8b8
  8. #fefaca
  9. #fefcdc
  10. #fffded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee4e
  2. #eee353
  3. #e2d858
  4. #d5cd5d
  5. #c9c262
  6. #bdb767
  7. #b1ac6c
  8. #a5a171
  9. #989676
  10. #8c8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0ebbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe635 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed59 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdece ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe940 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed55 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee4e {
  color: #faee4e;
}
Background
.bg-faee4e {
  background-color: #faee4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee4e {
  border: 2px solid #faee4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee4e, #b0fa4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 78 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.48 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.09 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.53 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.54 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.66 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.01 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 4.13 #0511b1 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee4e  rgb(250, 238, 78)  hsl(56, 95%, 64%)  Icterine
#4e5afa  rgb(78, 90, 250)  hsl(236, 95%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#4efaee  rgb(78, 250, 238)  hsl(176, 95%, 64%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee4efa  rgb(238, 78, 250)  hsl(296, 95%, 64%)  Fuchsia