Information about #FAE780 color

#FAE780 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #FAE780 belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(250, 231, 128) — 98% red, 90.6% green, 50.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 7 / 48 / 2. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #FAE780 reads as a pure, full-strength golden yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Luminous Yellow (#FEE37F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sun Yellow (#FFE87C) and Jasmine (#F8DE7E).

In RGB terms — rgb(250, 231, 128) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FAE780 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 16.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.2:1. No one has named #FAE780 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#FAE780 color variations

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

#FAE780 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FAE780 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FAE780 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FAE780 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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#FAE780 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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#AA80FA
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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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#80FAE7
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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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#92FA80
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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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#8092FA
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#FA80CF
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Nearest named colors to #FAE780

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

Luminous Yellow color link
Luminous Yellow

#FEE37F

Sun Yellow color link
Sun Yellow

#FFE87C

Jasmine color link
Jasmine

#F8DE7E

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Sahara Sand color link
Sahara Sand

#F1E788

Corn Yellow color link
Corn Yellow

#FFF380

Moonbeam color link
Moonbeam

#F2E289

Light Goldenrod color link
Light Goldenrod

#FFEC8B

Warm Yellow color link
Warm Yellow

#F4E98C

Texas color link
Texas

#ECE67E

Flavescent color link
Flavescent

#F7E98E

Sunny color link
Sunny

#F2F27A

#FAE780 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FAE780
  • RGB250, 231, 128
  • CMYK0, 7, 48, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 231, 128)
  • HSL51°, 92%, 74%
  • HSL Precise50.656°, 92.424%, 74.118%
  • HSV51°, 49%, 98%
  • HSB51°, 49%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.906, 0.502)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.906, 0.502, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.906, 0.502)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFAE780
  • DECIMAL ID16443264
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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