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Colour

#F8ECBC

  • #F8ECBC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F8ECBC is a yellow with RGB values 248, 236, 188 and HSL 48°, 81%, 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

#F8ECBC#F8ECBC
HEX#F8ECBC
RGBrgb(248, 236, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9255, 0.7373
RGB percentages97.3%, 92.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(48, 81.1%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 24.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 24.2%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,313,532
CSS custom property--colour: #F8ECBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.72:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#071343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6E9B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAEDBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE5DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.5Moccasin · ΔE 6.1Wheat · ΔE 6.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7Navajo white · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC8F8
Analogous#F8CEBC, #E6F8BC
Triadic#BCF8EC, #ECBCF8
Split complementary#BCE6F8, #CEBCF8
Tetradic#BCF8CE, #BCC8F8, #F8BCE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF9EA
Darker −10%#F3DF8E
Darker −20%#EED260
Darker −30%#EAC531
Darker −40%#D2AC16
More saturated +25%#FFF0B5
Less saturated −25%#EFE6C5

Channel breakdown

R248
G236
B188
Red248 (97.3%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)81.08%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G EC · B BC

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