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Recognised as Colour

#F0E7BC

  • #F0E7BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#F0E7BC is a yellow with RGB values 240, 231, 188 and HSL 50°, 63%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#F0E7BC#F0E7BC
HEX#F0E7BC
RGBrgb(240, 231, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.9059, 0.7373
RGB percentages94.1%, 90.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(49.6, 63.4%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 21.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK0%, 3.7%, 21.7%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,787,964
CSS custom property--colour: #F0E7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#0F1843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E4B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E8BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F8E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.2Moccasin · ΔE 7.5Blanched almond · ΔE 8.1Bisque · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC5F0
Analogous#F0CDBC, #DFF0BC
Triadic#BCF0E7, #E7BCF0
Split complementary#BCDFF0, #CDBCF0
Tetradic#BCF0CD, #BCC5F0, #F0BCDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F6E6
Darker −10%#E7D892
Darker −20%#DDC969
Darker −30%#D4BA3F
Darker −40%#B79E29
More saturated +25%#FAEEB2
Less saturated −25%#E6E0C6

Channel breakdown

R240
G231
B188
Red240 (94.1%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue49.62°
Saturation (HSL)63.41%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F0 · G E7 · B BC

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