What is hex #FAAE3C color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 98% red, 68% green and 24% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (250,174,60).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 30%, 76%, 2%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FAAE3C features a hue of 36°, 76% saturation, and a brightness value of 98%.

Hex #FAAE3C Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (250,174,60)
CMYK Values (0%, 30%, 76%, 2%)
HSV/HSB Values (36°, 76%, 98%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF9933 [Deep Saffron]
Inverse Color
#0551C3
Closest Pantone®
143 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1017 [Saffron yellow]
Complementary Color
#3C88FA

#FAAE3C Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A1A1A1
Lightness (Desaturation)
#9B9B9B
Weighted (BT601)
#B8B8B8
Luma (BT709)
#B6B6B6

Hex #FAAE3C Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FAAE3C is #3C88FA. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #FAAE3C you will find #3C88FA. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#FAAE3C #3C88FA

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FAAE3C is composed with colors #FA4F3C and #E7FA3C. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FAAE3C with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#FA4F3C #FAAE3C #E7FA3C

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FAAE3C is composed with colors #4F3CFA and #3CE7FA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#FAAE3C #4F3CFA #3CE7FA

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FAAE3C is composed with colors #AE3CFA and #3CFAAE. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FAAE3C with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#FAAE3C #AE3CFA #3CFAAE

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FAAE3C is composed with colors #3CFAAE, #3C88FA and #FA3C88 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#FAAE3C #3CFAAE #3C88FA #FA3C88

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FAAE3C is composed with colors #3CFA4F, #3C88FA and #FA3CE7 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#FAAE3C #3CFA4F #3C88FA #FA3CE7

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FAAE3C

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FAAE3C.

#FAAE3C #FAB64F #FBBE63 #FBC677 #FCCF8B #FCD79F #FDDFB3 #FDE7C7

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#FAAE3C #F0AC45 #E6AA4F #DCA859 #D2A663 #C9A46D #BFA276 #B5A080

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#FAAE3C #F9A528 #F89D14 #F29406 #DE8705 #CA7B05 #B66F04 #A36304

Hex #FAAE3C in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #FAAE3C
Java new Color(250,174,60);
Python Color(#FAAE3C)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 250,174,60);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.98, green: 0.68, blue: 0.24, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(250, 174, 60)