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#FAEE66

#faee66 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee66 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 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 59.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.14°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 17.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.67.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8243

Complementary

  1. #faee66
  2. #6672fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee66
  2. #66bcfa
  3. #a466fa

Analogous

  1. #faa466
  2. #faee66
  3. #bcfa66

Triadic

  1. #faee66
  2. #66faee
  3. #ee66fa

Tetradic

  1. #faee66
  2. #72fa66
  3. #6672fa
  4. #ee66fa

Square

  1. #faee66
  2. #66faa4
  3. #6672fa
  4. #fa66bc

Monochromatic

  1. #c1b206
  2. #f8e61c
  3. #faee66
  4. #fcf6b0
  5. #fefdeb

Shades

#faee66 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee66
  2. #e1d65c
  3. #c8be52
  4. #afa747
  5. #968f3d
  6. #7d7733
  7. #645f29
  8. #4b471f
  9. #323014
  10. #19180a
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee66 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee66
  2. #fbf075
  3. #fbf185
  4. #fcf394
  5. #fcf5a3
  6. #fdf7b3
  7. #fdf8c2
  8. #fefad1
  9. #fefce0
  10. #fffdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee66 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee66
  2. #eee369
  3. #e2d86b
  4. #d5cd6e
  5. #c9c270
  6. #bdb773
  7. #b1ac76
  8. #a5a178
  9. #98967b
  10. #8c8b7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ecc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe657 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed6d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #feea5d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee66 {
  color: #faee66;
}
Background
.bg-faee66 {
  background-color: #faee66;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee66 {
  border: 2px solid #faee66;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee66;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee66 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee66, #bcfa66);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee66 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 102 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.67 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.26 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.51 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.52 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.67 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.70 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.80 #051199 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee66  rgb(250, 238, 102)  hsl(55, 94%, 69%)  Icterine
#6672fa  rgb(102, 114, 250)  hsl(235, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#66faee  rgb(102, 250, 238)  hsl(175, 94%, 69%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee66fa  rgb(238, 102, 250)  hsl(295, 94%, 69%)  Heliotrope