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Recognised as Colour

#F2E7BF

  • #F2E7BF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#F2E7BF is a yellow with RGB values 242, 231, 191 and HSL 47°, 66%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#F2E7BF#F2E7BF
HEX#F2E7BF
RGBrgb(242, 231, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.9059, 0.749
RGB percentages94.9%, 90.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(47.1, 66.2%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 21.1%, 94.9%)
CMYK0%, 4.5%, 21.1%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,919,039
CSS custom property--colour: #F2E7BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.96:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#0D1840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E5BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E8C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FBE1DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 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 text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.6Blanched almond · ΔE 6.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.2Bisque · ΔE 7.2Moccasin · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFCAF2
Analogous#F2CEBF, #E4F2BF
Triadic#BFF2E7, #E7BFF2
Split complementary#BFE4F2, #CEBFF2
Tetradic#BFF2CE, #BFCAF2, #F2BFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBF7E9
Darker −10%#E9D795
Darker −20%#E1C76A
Darker −30%#D8B740
Darker −40%#BE9E27
More saturated +25%#FCECB5
Less saturated −25%#E8E2C9

Channel breakdown

R242
G231
B191
Red242 (94.9%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue47.06°
Saturation (HSL)66.23%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F2 · G E7 · B BF

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