Information about #FAE9AD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #FAE9AD reads as a pure, full-strength golden yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Tan (#FBEEAC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Peach (#FFE5AD) and Banana Mania (#FAE7B5).
In RGB terms — rgb(250, 233, 173) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FAE9AD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 17.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.2:1. No one has named #FAE9AD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#FAE9AD color variations
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#FAE9AD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#FAE9AD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#FAE9AD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#FAE9AD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#FAE9AD 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #FAE9AD color
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Nearest named colors to #FAE9AD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#FBEEAC
#FFE5AD
#FAE7B5
#F3E5AB
#FFE5B4
#FADFAD
#F4E1AF
#FFE4B5
#F7E5B7
#F6F3A9
#FFDEAD
#F5E7A2
#FAE9AD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FAE9AD
- RGB250, 233, 173
- CMYK0, 7, 30, 2
- CSSrgb(250, 233, 173)
- HSL47°, 89%, 83%
- HSL Precise46.753°, 88.506%, 82.941%
- HSV47°, 31%, 98%
- HSB47°, 31%, 98%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.914
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
- GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.914, 0.678)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.914, 0.678, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.914, 0.678)
- Percentage of Red in RGB98%
- Percentage of Green in RGB91.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDFAE9AD
- DECIMAL ID16443821
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
