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#FAEE6D

#faee6d ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faee6d 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 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.8% magenta, 56.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 54.89°, with 93.38% saturation and 70.39% 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 17.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.14.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8258

Complementary

  1. #faee6d
  2. #6d79fa

Split complementary

  1. #faee6d
  2. #6dc0fa
  3. #a76dfa

Analogous

  1. #faa76d
  2. #faee6d
  3. #c0fa6d

Triadic

  1. #faee6d
  2. #6dfaee
  3. #ee6dfa

Tetradic

  1. #faee6d
  2. #79fa6d
  3. #6d79fa
  4. #ee6dfa

Square

  1. #faee6d
  2. #6dfaa7
  3. #6d79fa
  4. #fa6dc0

Monochromatic

  1. #c7b707
  2. #f7e523
  3. #faee6d
  4. #fdf7b7
  5. #fefdeb

Shades

#faee6d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faee6d
  2. #e1d662
  3. #c8be57
  4. #afa74c
  5. #968f41
  6. #7d7737
  7. #645f2c
  8. #4b4721
  9. #323016
  10. #19180b
  11. #000000

Tints

#faee6d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faee6d
  2. #fbf07c
  3. #fbf18a
  4. #fcf399
  5. #fcf5a7
  6. #fdf7b6
  7. #fdf8c5
  8. #fefad3
  9. #fefce2
  10. #fffdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faee6d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faee6d
  2. #eee36f
  3. #e2d871
  4. #d5cd73
  5. #c9c275
  6. #bdb777
  7. #b1ac78
  8. #a5a17a
  9. #98967c
  10. #8c8b7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ecc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe760 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed74 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #feea65 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee71 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faee6d {
  color: #faee6d;
}
Background
.bg-faee6d {
  background-color: #faee6d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faee6d {
  border: 2px solid #faee6d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faee6d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 238 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faee6d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faee6d, #c0fa6d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faee6d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 238 109 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.14 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.53 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.11 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.28 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.40 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.57 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.23 #051192 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Icterine
#faee6d  rgb(250, 238, 109)  hsl(55, 93%, 70%)  Icterine
#6d79fa  rgb(109, 121, 250)  hsl(235, 93%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6dfaee  rgb(109, 250, 238)  hsl(175, 93%, 70%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee6dfa  rgb(238, 109, 250)  hsl(295, 93%, 70%)  Heliotrope