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Colour

#F3E8AC

  • #F3E8AC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#F3E8AC is a yellow with RGB values 243, 232, 172 and HSL 51°, 75%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#F3E8AC#F3E8AC
HEX#F3E8AC
RGBrgb(243, 232, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.9529, 0.9098, 0.6745
RGB percentages95.3%, 91%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(50.7, 74.7%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 29.2%, 95.3%)
CMYK0%, 4.5%, 29.2%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,984,812
CSS custom property--colour: #F3E8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.95:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#0C1753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4E4A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F7E9AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FEE0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 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 text16.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2.2Moccasin · ΔE 8.8Wheat · ΔE 9.7Navajo white · ΔE 10.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2.2, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB7F3
Analogous#F3C5AC, #DBF3AC
Triadic#ACF3E8, #E8ACF3
Split complementary#ACDBF3, #C4ACF3
Tetradic#ACF3C4, #ACB7F3, #F3ACDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F4D9
Darker −10%#EDDC7F
Darker −20%#E6CF53
Darker −30%#E0C326
Darker −40%#B8A01B
More saturated +25%#FFF0A0
Less saturated −25%#E7E0B8

Channel breakdown

R243
G232
B172
Red243 (95.3%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue50.7°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F3 · G E8 · B AC

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