Information about #FAE70F color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#FAE70F falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(250, 231, 15) — 98% red, 90.6% green, 5.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 92 / 2. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #FAE70F reads as a intensely saturated sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Cadmium Lemon (#FFE303). Slightly further away sit Vivid Yellow (#FFE302) and Xanthic (#EEED09).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(250, 231, 15)), which gives #FAE70F its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FAE70F: 16.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. No one has named #FAE70F so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#FAE70F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FAE70F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FAE70F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FAE70F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FAE70F color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#FAE70F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #FAE70F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Cadmium Lemon color link
Cadmium Lemon

#FFE303

Vivid Yellow color link
Vivid Yellow

#FFE302

Xanthic color link
Xanthic

#EEED09

Simpsons Yellow color link
Simpsons Yellow

#FFD90F

Sprint Yellow color link
Sprint Yellow

#FFDD05

YellowCoin color link
YellowCoin

#FFE900

Middle Yellow color link
Middle Yellow

#FFEB00

Bolivia Yellow color link
Bolivia Yellow

#F4E400

Aureolin color link
Aureolin

#FDEE00

Golden Yellow color link
Golden Yellow

#FFDF00

Canary Yellow color link
Canary Yellow

#FFEF00

Ikea Yellow color link
Ikea Yellow

#FFDA1A

#FAE70F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FAE70F
  • RGB250, 231, 15
  • CMYK0, 7, 92, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 231, 15)
  • HSL55°, 96%, 52%
  • HSL Precise55.149°, 95.918%, 51.961%
  • HSV55°, 94%, 98%
  • HSB55°, 94%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.906, 0.059)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.906, 0.059, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.906, 0.059)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDFAE70F
  • DECIMAL ID16443151
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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