#faff16

Color #faff16

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 2.93 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#faff16

RGB

rgb(250, 255, 22)

HSL

hsl(61.3, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.3, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 91.4%, 0%)

LAB

lab(96.78, -23.41, 92.25)

LCH

lch(96.78, 95.17, 104.24)

OKLCH

oklch(96.4%, 0.2096, 111.2)

HWB

hwb(61.3, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b16ff

Analogous

#ff9016

#faff16

#85ff16

Triadic

#faff16

#16faff

#ff16fa

Split-complementary

#faff16

#1685ff

#9016ff

Tetradic

#faff16

#16ff1b

#1b16ff

#ff16fa

Square

#faff16

#16ff90

#1b16ff

#ff1685

Shades

Color #faff16 mixed toward black.

#e2e700

#b5b900

#878a00

#5a5c00

#2d2e00

Tints

Color #faff16 mixed toward white.

#fbff3d

#fcff64

#fcff8a

#fdffb1

#feffd8

Tones

Color #faff16 mixed toward gray.

#e7ec29

#d5d83d

#c2c550

#b0b164

#9d9e77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#fcfc88 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#fcfc96 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#fab1b8 · ΔE 51.2

Achromatopsia

#f6f6f6 · ΔE 30.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #faff16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#faff16]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#faff16 (#faff16) is rgb(250, 255, 22) in RGB.

No, #faff16 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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