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#FAEE68

#faee68 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee68 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 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 58.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55.07°, with 93.59% saturation and 69.41% 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 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.8247

Complementary

  1. #faee68
  2. #6874fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee68
  2. #68bdfa
  3. #a568fa

Analogous

  1. #faa568
  2. #faee68
  3. #bdfa68

Triadic

  1. #faee68
  2. #68faee
  3. #ee68fa

Tetradic

  1. #faee68
  2. #74fa68
  3. #6874fa
  4. #ee68fa

Square

  1. #faee68
  2. #68faa5
  3. #6874fa
  4. #fa68bd

Monochromatic

  1. #c3b306
  2. #f8e61e
  3. #faee68
  4. #fcf6b2
  5. #fefdeb

Shades

#faee68 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee68
  2. #e1d65e
  3. #c8be53
  4. #afa749
  5. #968f3e
  6. #7d7734
  7. #645f2a
  8. #4b471f
  9. #323015
  10. #19180a
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee68 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee68
  2. #fbf077
  3. #fbf186
  4. #fcf395
  5. #fcf5a4
  6. #fdf7b4
  7. #fdf8c3
  8. #fefad2
  9. #fefce1
  10. #fffdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee68 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee68
  2. #eee36a
  3. #e2d86d
  4. #d5cd6f
  5. #c9c272
  6. #bdb774
  7. #b1ac76
  8. #a5a179
  9. #98967b
  10. #8c8b7e
  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 #f1ecc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe759 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed6f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #feea60 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee6c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee68 {
  color: #faee68;
}
Background
.bg-faee68 {
  background-color: #faee68;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee68 {
  border: 2px solid #faee68;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee68;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee68 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee68, #bdfa68);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee68 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 104 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.79 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.32 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.67 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.55 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.72 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.91 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.91 #051197 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee68  rgb(250, 238, 104)  hsl(55, 94%, 69%)  Icterine
#6874fa  rgb(104, 116, 250)  hsl(235, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#68faee  rgb(104, 250, 238)  hsl(175, 94%, 69%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee68fa  rgb(238, 104, 250)  hsl(295, 94%, 69%)  Heliotrope