Colour

#F3E5AE

#F3E5AE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F3E5AE is a yellow with RGB values 243, 229, 174 and HSL 48°, 74%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#F3E5AE

RGBrgb(243, 229, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.898, 0.6824

RGB percentages95.3%, 89.8%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(47.8, 74.2%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 28.4%, 95.3%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 28.4%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,984,046

CSS custom property--colour: #F3E5AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.63:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#0C1A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0E2AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E7B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FEDDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.6 Moccasin · ΔE 6.4 Wheat · ΔE 6.9 Navajo white · ΔE 8 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.57, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEBCF3

Analogous#F3C3AE, #DEF3AE

Triadic#AEF3E5, #E5AEF3

Split complementary#AEDFF3, #C3AEF3

Tetradic#AEF3C3, #AEBCF3, #F3AEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FAF3DA

Darker −10%#ECD782

Darker −20%#E6C855

Darker −30%#DFBA29

Darker −40%#BA991B

More saturated +25%#FFECA2

Less saturated −25%#E7DEBA

Channel breakdown

R243

G229

B174

Red243 (95.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue47.83°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness81.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F3 · G E5 · B AE

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