Information about #FADE6F color

#FADE6F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FADE6F falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(250, 222, 111) — 98% red, 87.1% green, 43.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 56 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FADE6F is a pure, full-strength golden yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pale Gold (#FDDE6C). Slightly further away sit Dandelion (#FDDB6D) and Yellow Tan (#FFE36E).

In RGB terms — rgb(250, 222, 111) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 15.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FADE6F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FADE6F color variations

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

#FADE6F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FADE6F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FADE6F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FADE6F 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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#FADE6F 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 #FADE6F

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

Pale Gold color link
Pale Gold

#FDDE6C

Dandelion color link
Dandelion

#FDDB6D

Yellow Tan color link
Yellow Tan

#FFE36E

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Shandy color link
Shandy

#FFE670

Sand Yellow color link
Sand Yellow

#FCE166

Marigold Yellow color link
Marigold Yellow

#FBE870

Light Brilliant Amber color link
Light Brilliant Amber

#FFD865

La Luna color link
La Luna

#FFD87A

Tinkerbell color link
Tinkerbell

#FCD763

Sandy color link
Sandy

#F1DA7A

Jasmine color link
Jasmine

#F8DE7E

#FADE6F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FADE6F
  • RGB250, 222, 111
  • CMYK0, 11, 56, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 222, 111)
  • HSL48°, 93%, 71%
  • HSL Precise47.914°, 93.289%, 70.784%
  • HSV48°, 56%, 98%
  • HSB48°, 56%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.871, 0.435)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.871, 0.435, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.871, 0.435)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFADE6F
  • DECIMAL ID16440943
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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