Information about #FAE5C6 color

#FAE5C6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #FAE5C6 belongs to the Orange Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Luminous brightness. In numbers: rgb(250, 229, 198) (98% red, 89.8% green, 77.6% blue), or CMYK 0 / 8 / 20 / 2 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#FAE5C6 presents itself as a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange — one that is nearly as bright as white. It is a natural fit for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Derby (#F9E4C6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Egg Sour (#F9E4C5) and Pipi (#F5E6C4).

In RGB terms — rgb(250, 229, 198) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FAE5C6 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 17.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#FAE5C6 color variations

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

#FAE5C6 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FAE5C6

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

Derby color link
Derby

#F9E4C6

Egg Sour color link
Egg Sour

#F9E4C5

Pipi color link
Pipi

#F5E6C4

Bisque color link
Bisque

#FFE4C4

Soft Whisper color link
Soft Whisper

#F8EACA

Pale Gamboge color link
Pale Gamboge

#FFE8C2

Half Vienna color link
Half Vienna

#F3E5C3

Pastel Peach color link
Pastel Peach

#F7DFC2

Oasis color link
Oasis

#FCEDC5

Lumber color link
Lumber

#FFE4CD

Champagne color link
Champagne

#F7E7CE

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FAE5C6
  • RGB250, 229, 198
  • CMYK0, 8, 20, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 229, 198)
  • HSL36°, 84%, 88%
  • HSL Precise35.769°, 83.871%, 87.843%
  • HSV36°, 21%, 98%
  • HSB36°, 21%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.898
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.898, 0.776)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.898, 0.776, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.898, 0.776)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB89.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDFAE5C6
  • DECIMAL ID16442822
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01