Information about #FAE481 color

#FAE481 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FAE481 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(250, 228, 129) — 98% red, 89.4% green, 50.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 47 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FAE481 is a maximally vivid golden yellow that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Luminous Yellow (#FEE37F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jasmine (#F8DE7E) and Sun Yellow (#FFE87C).

The recipe behind #FAE481 is rgb(250, 228, 129), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FAE481: 16.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FAE481 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FAE481 color variations

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

#FAE481 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FAE481 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FAE481 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FAE481 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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#FAE481 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 #FAE481

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

Jasmine color link
Jasmine

#F8DE7E

Sun Yellow color link
Sun Yellow

#FFE87C

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Moonbeam color link
Moonbeam

#F2E289

Sahara Sand color link
Sahara Sand

#F1E788

Golden Glow color link
Golden Glow

#F9D77E

Warm Yellow color link
Warm Yellow

#F4E98C

Light Goldenrod color link
Light Goldenrod

#FFEC8B

Flavescent color link
Flavescent

#F7E98E

Texas color link
Texas

#ECE67E

Flax color link
Flax

#EEDC82

#FAE481 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FAE481
  • RGB250, 228, 129
  • CMYK0, 9, 47, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 228, 129)
  • HSL49°, 92%, 74%
  • HSL Precise49.091°, 92.366%, 74.314%
  • HSV49°, 48%, 98%
  • HSB49°, 48%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.894
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.894, 0.506)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.894, 0.506, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.894, 0.506)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB89.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFAE481
  • DECIMAL ID16442497
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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