Recognised as Colour

#F0E7CA

#F0E7CA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Papaya whip

#F0E7CA is a yellow with RGB values 240, 231, 202 and HSL 46°, 56%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Papaya whip.

Colour values

#F0E7CA#F0E7CA

HEX#F0E7CA

RGBrgb(240, 231, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.9059, 0.7922

RGB percentages94.1%, 90.6%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(45.8, 55.9%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.8, 15.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.7%, 15.8%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,787,978

CSS custom property--colour: #F0E7CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.99:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#0F1835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEE5C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F7E2DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Papaya whip · ΔE 4.6 Blanched almond · ΔE 4.8 Antique white · ΔE 5.5 Cornsilk · ΔE 5.9 Beige · ΔE 5.9 Bisque · ΔE 7.2

Nearest named CSS colourPapaya whip (#FFEFD5)ΔE 4.55, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CAD3F0

Analogous#F0D4CA, #E6F0CA

Triadic#CAF0E7, #E7CAF0

Split complementary#CAE6F0, #D4CAF0

Tetradic#CAF0D4, #CAD3F0, #F0CAE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBF9F2

Darker −10%#E5D5A2

Darker −20%#DAC37B

Darker −30%#CEB153

Darker −40%#BA9A34

More saturated +25%#F9EBC2

Less saturated −25%#E8E3D3

Channel breakdown

R240

G231

B202

Red240 (94.1%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue45.79°

Saturation (HSL)55.88%

Lightness86.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G E7 · B CA

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Colour values

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