Colour

#F6EDBA

#F6EDBA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F6EDBA is a yellow with RGB values 246, 237, 186 and HSL 51°, 77%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#F6EDBA#F6EDBA

HEX#F6EDBA

RGBrgb(246, 237, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.9294, 0.7294

RGB percentages96.5%, 92.9%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(51, 76.9%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 24.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.7%, 24.4%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,182,714

CSS custom property--colour: #F6EDBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.74:1

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

Contrast with black17.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#091245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7EAB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAEDBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 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 text17.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.1 Moccasin · ΔE 7.4 Wheat · ΔE 7.7 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.9 Navajo white · ΔE 10.1

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAC3F6

Analogous#F6CFBA, #E1F6BA

Triadic#BAF6ED, #EDBAF6

Split complementary#BAE1F6, #CFBAF6

Tetradic#BAF6CF, #BAC3F6, #F6BAE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCF9E7

Darker −10%#F0E18D

Darker −20%#EAD560

Darker −30%#E4CA33

Darker −40%#CAAF1A

More saturated +25%#FFF3B1

Less saturated −25%#ECE6C4

Channel breakdown

R246

G237

B186

Red246 (96.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)76.92%

Lightness84.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F6 · G ED · B BA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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