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#FAEF8A

#faef8a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#faef8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 93.73% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.4% magenta, 44.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 54.11°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.47.

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Relative luminance0.8389

Complementary

  1. #faef8a
  2. #8a95fa

Split complementary

  1. #faef8a
  2. #8acdfa
  3. #b78afa

Analogous

  1. #fab78a
  2. #faef8a
  3. #cdfa8a

Triadic

  1. #faef8a
  2. #8afaef
  3. #ef8afa

Tetradic

  1. #faef8a
  2. #95fa8a
  3. #8a95fa
  4. #ef8afa

Square

  1. #faef8a
  2. #8afab7
  3. #8a95fa
  4. #fa8acd

Monochromatic

  1. #e1cc0a
  2. #f7e541
  3. #faef8a
  4. #fdf9d3
  5. #fefceb

Shades

#faef8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faef8a
  2. #e1d77c
  3. #c8bf6e
  4. #afa761
  5. #968f53
  6. #7d7845
  7. #646037
  8. #4b4829
  9. #32301c
  10. #19180e
  11. #000000

Tints

#faef8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faef8a
  2. #fbf196
  3. #fbf2a1
  4. #fcf4ad
  5. #fcf5b9
  6. #fdf7c5
  7. #fdf9d0
  8. #fefadc
  9. #fefce8
  10. #fffdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faef8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faef8a
  2. #eee489
  3. #e2d988
  4. #d5ce87
  5. #c9c386
  6. #bdb885
  7. #b1ac84
  8. #a5a183
  9. #989682
  10. #8c8b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f2edcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe982 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffef8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fdeb85 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe8bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faef8a {
  color: #faef8a;
}
Background
.bg-faef8a {
  background-color: #faef8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faef8a {
  border: 2px solid #faef8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faef8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 239 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faef8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faef8a, #cdfa8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faef8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 239 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.47 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 3.73 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.53 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.74 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.97 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.20 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.11 #051075 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Khaki
#faef8a  rgb(250, 239, 138)  hsl(54, 92%, 76%)  Khaki
#8a95fa  rgb(138, 149, 250)  hsl(234, 92%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#8afaef  rgb(138, 250, 239)  hsl(174, 92%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#ef8afa  rgb(239, 138, 250)  hsl(294, 92%, 76%)  Violet