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Recognised as Colour

#F8EEC1

  • #F8EEC1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F8EEC1 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 238, 193 and HSL 49°, 80%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#F8EEC1#F8EEC1
HEX#F8EEC1
RGBrgb(248, 238, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9333, 0.7569
RGB percentages97.3%, 93.3%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(49.1, 79.7%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 22.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 4%, 22.2%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,314,049
CSS custom property--colour: #F8EEC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.99:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#07113E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7EBBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAEFC2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE7E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.9Wheat · ΔE 6.9Moccasin · ΔE 7.2Blanched almond · ΔE 8.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.27, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1CBF8
Analogous#F8D3C1, #E6F8C1
Triadic#C1F8EE, #EEC1F8
Split complementary#C1E6F8, #D3C1F8
Tetradic#C1F8D3, #C1CBF8, #F8C1E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBEF
Darker −10%#F3E193
Darker −20%#EED565
Darker −30%#E8C838
Darker −40%#D5B318
More saturated +25%#FFF2BA
Less saturated −25%#EFE9CA

Channel breakdown

R248
G238
B193
Red248 (97.3%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue49.09°
Saturation (HSL)79.71%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G EE · B C1

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