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#FAEC79

#faec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#faec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 51.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 53.49°, with 92.81% saturation and 72.75% 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 17.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.817

Complementary

  1. #faec79
  2. #7987fa

Split complementary

  1. #faec79
  2. #79c8fa
  3. #ac79fa

Analogous

  1. #faac79
  2. #faec79
  3. #c8fa79

Triadic

  1. #faec79
  2. #79faec
  3. #ec79fa

Tetradic

  1. #faec79
  2. #87fa79
  3. #7987fa
  4. #ec79fa

Square

  1. #faec79
  2. #79faac
  3. #7987fa
  4. #fa79c8

Monochromatic

  1. #d2bc08
  2. #f7e22f
  3. #faec79
  4. #fdf6c3
  5. #fefceb

Shades

#faec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faec79
  2. #e1d46d
  3. #c8bd61
  4. #afa555
  5. #968e49
  6. #7d763d
  7. #645e30
  8. #4b4724
  9. #322f18
  10. #19180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#faec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faec79
  2. #fbee86
  3. #fbf094
  4. #fcf2a1
  5. #fcf4af
  6. #fdf6bc
  7. #fdf7c9
  8. #fef9d7
  9. #fefbe4
  10. #fffdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faec79
  2. #eee17a
  3. #e2d67a
  4. #d5cc7b
  5. #c9c17c
  6. #bdb67d
  7. #b1ab7d
  8. #a5a07e
  9. #98967f
  10. #8c8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0eac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee66e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffded2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fce873 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffec7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faec79 {
  color: #faec79;
}
Background
.bg-faec79 {
  background-color: #faec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faec79 {
  border: 2px solid #faec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 93% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faec79, #c8fa79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.87 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.46 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.75 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.80 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.90 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.92 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.13 #051386 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Khaki
#faec79  rgb(250, 236, 121)  hsl(53, 93%, 73%)  Khaki
#7987fa  rgb(121, 135, 250)  hsl(233, 93%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#79faec  rgb(121, 250, 236)  hsl(173, 93%, 73%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec79fa  rgb(236, 121, 250)  hsl(293, 93%, 73%)  Fuchsia Pink