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Recognised as Colour

#F6F9DC

  • #F6F9DC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#F6F9DC is a yellow with RGB values 246, 249, 220 and HSL 66°, 71%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#F6F9DC#F6F9DC
HEX#F6F9DC
RGBrgb(246, 249, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.9765, 0.8627
RGB percentages96.5%, 97.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(66.2, 70.7%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.2, 11.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK1.2%, 0%, 11.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,185,820
CSS custom property--colour: #F6F9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness245 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.5:1
Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6
Inverted#090623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FEF6DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FEF7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#FAF5F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 2.5Light yellow · ΔE 2.7Cornsilk · ΔE 3.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.7Papaya whip · ΔE 7.4Ivory · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 2.51, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDCF9
Analogous#F9EEDC, #E8F9DC
Triadic#DCF6F9, #F9DCF6
Split complementary#DCE8F9, #EEDCF9
Tetradic#DCF9EE, #DFDCF9, #F9DCE8

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%#EBF2B0
Darker −20%#E0EA85
Darker −30%#D4E359
Darker −40%#C9DB2E
More saturated +25%#FAFED7
Less saturated −25%#F2F4E1

Channel breakdown

R246
G249
B220
Red246 (96.5%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue66.21°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR F6 · G F9 · B DC

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