#fac909

Color #fac909

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 7.48 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-400 #fdc700 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#fac909

RGB

rgb(250, 201, 9)

HSL

hsl(47.8, 96%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.8, 96.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 96.4%, 2%)

LAB

lab(82.98, 3.16, 83.31)

LCH

lch(82.98, 83.37, 87.83)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.1736, 90.76)

HWB

hwb(47.8, 3.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#093afa

Analogous

#fa5109

#fac909

#b3fa09

Triadic

#fac909

#09fac9

#c909fa

Split-complementary

#fac909

#09b3fa

#5109fa

Tetradic

#fac909

#3afa09

#093afa

#c909fa

Square

#fac909

#09fa51

#093afa

#fa09b3

Shades

Color #fac909 mixed toward black.

#d4a904

#a98803

#7f6603

#554402

#2a2201

Tints

Color #fac909 mixed toward white.

#fbd232

#fcdb5b

#fce484

#fdedad

#fef6d6

Tones

Color #fac909 mixed toward gray.

#e6bd1d

#d2b131

#bea545

#aa9959

#968d6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e66a · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#e9ed75 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#f88a90 · ΔE 44.5

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 29

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #fac909;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fac909]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#fac909 (#fac909) is rgb(250, 201, 9) in RGB.

No, #fac909 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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