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#FAEE5E

#faee5e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee5e 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 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 62.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.38°, with 93.98% saturation and 67.45% 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 17.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.36.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8228

Complementary

  1. #faee5e
  2. #5e6afa

Split complementary

  1. #faee5e
  2. #5eb8fa
  3. #a05efa

Analogous

  1. #faa05e
  2. #faee5e
  3. #b8fa5e

Triadic

  1. #faee5e
  2. #5efaee
  3. #ee5efa

Tetradic

  1. #faee5e
  2. #6afa5e
  3. #5e6afa
  4. #ee5efa

Square

  1. #faee5e
  2. #5efaa0
  3. #5e6afa
  4. #fa5eb8

Monochromatic

  1. #b9ab06
  2. #f8e614
  3. #faee5e
  4. #fcf6a8
  5. #fefdeb

Shades

#faee5e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee5e
  2. #e1d655
  3. #c8be4b
  4. #afa742
  5. #968f38
  6. #7d772f
  7. #645f26
  8. #4b471c
  9. #323013
  10. #191809
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee5e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee5e
  2. #fbf06e
  3. #fbf17e
  4. #fcf38e
  5. #fcf59e
  6. #fdf7af
  7. #fdf8bf
  8. #fefacf
  9. #fefcdf
  10. #fffdef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee5e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee5e
  2. #eee361
  3. #e2d865
  4. #d5cd68
  5. #c9c26c
  6. #bdb76f
  7. #b1ac72
  8. #a5a176
  9. #989679
  10. #8c8b7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ecc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe64c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed66 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe954 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed63 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee5e {
  color: #faee5e;
}
Background
.bg-faee5e {
  background-color: #faee5e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee5e {
  border: 2px solid #faee5e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee5e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee5e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee5e, #b8fa5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee5e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 94 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.36 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.91 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.13 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.78 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.91 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.03 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.34 #0511a1 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee5e  rgb(250, 238, 94)  hsl(55, 94%, 67%)  Icterine
#5e6afa  rgb(94, 106, 250)  hsl(235, 94%, 67%)  Ultramarine Blue
#5efaee  rgb(94, 250, 238)  hsl(175, 94%, 67%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee5efa  rgb(238, 94, 250)  hsl(295, 94%, 67%)  Heliotrope