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#FAEE6A

#faee6a ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee6a 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 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 57.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 55°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% 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 17.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8251

Complementary

  1. #faee6a
  2. #6a76fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee6a
  2. #6abefa
  3. #a66afa

Analogous

  1. #faa66a
  2. #faee6a
  3. #befa6a

Triadic

  1. #faee6a
  2. #6afaee
  3. #ee6afa

Tetradic

  1. #faee6a
  2. #76fa6a
  3. #6a76fa
  4. #ee6afa

Square

  1. #faee6a
  2. #6afaa6
  3. #6a76fa
  4. #fa6abe

Monochromatic

  1. #c4b507
  2. #f8e620
  3. #faee6a
  4. #fcf6b4
  5. #fefdeb

Shades

#faee6a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee6a
  2. #e1d65f
  3. #c8be55
  4. #afa74a
  5. #968f40
  6. #7d7735
  7. #645f2a
  8. #4b4720
  9. #323015
  10. #19180b
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee6a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee6a
  2. #fbf079
  3. #fbf188
  4. #fcf397
  5. #fcf5a6
  6. #fdf7b5
  7. #fdf8c3
  8. #fefad2
  9. #fefce1
  10. #fffdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee6a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee6a
  2. #eee36c
  3. #e2d86e
  4. #d5cd71
  5. #c9c273
  6. #bdb775
  7. #b1ac77
  8. #a5a179
  9. #98967c
  10. #8c8b7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ecc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe75c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed71 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #feea62 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee6e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe5b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee6a {
  color: #faee6a;
}
Background
.bg-faee6a {
  background-color: #faee6a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee6a {
  border: 2px solid #faee6a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee6a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee6a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee6a, #befa6a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee6a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 106 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.92 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.40 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.84 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.44 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.71 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.81 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.92 #051195 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee6a  rgb(250, 238, 106)  hsl(55, 94%, 70%)  Icterine
#6a76fa  rgb(106, 118, 250)  hsl(235, 94%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6afaee  rgb(106, 250, 238)  hsl(175, 94%, 70%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee6afa  rgb(238, 106, 250)  hsl(295, 94%, 70%)  Heliotrope