Recognised as Colour

#F0EDDC

#F0EDDC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Old lace

#F0EDDC is a yellow with RGB values 240, 237, 220 and HSL 51°, 40%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.

Colour values

#F0EDDC#F0EDDC

HEX#F0EDDC

RGBrgb(240, 237, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.9294, 0.8627

RGB percentages94.1%, 92.9%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(51, 40%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 8.3%, 94.1%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 8.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,789,532

CSS custom property--colour: #F0EDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.85:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#0F1223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1ECDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2EDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Old lace · ΔE 3.8 Linen · ΔE 4.7 Antique white · ΔE 4.7 Beige · ΔE 4.8 Floral white · ΔE 6.1 Ivory · ΔE 6.3

Nearest named CSS colourOld lace (#FDF5E6)ΔE 3.84, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCDFF0

Analogous#F0E3DC, #E9F0DC

Triadic#DCF0ED, #EDDCF0

Split complementary#DCE9F0, #E3DCF0

Tetradic#DCF0E3, #DCDFF0, #F0DCE9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#E1DBB8

Darker −20%#D1C895

Darker −30%#C2B671

Darker −40%#B3A44D

More saturated +25%#F6F1D6

Less saturated −25%#EAE9E2

Channel breakdown

R240

G237

B220

Red240 (94.1%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness90.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F0 · G ED · B DC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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