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Recognised as Colour

#F8EEC5

  • #F8EEC5
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F8EEC5 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 238, 197 and HSL 48°, 78%, 87%. 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

#F8EEC5#F8EEC5
HEX#F8EEC5
RGBrgb(248, 238, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9333, 0.7725
RGB percentages97.3%, 93.3%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(48.2, 78.5%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 20.6%, 97.3%)
CMYK0%, 4%, 20.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,314,053
CSS custom property--colour: #F8EEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.03:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#07113A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7ECC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAEFC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE8E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.2Blanched almond · ΔE 6.6Wheat · ΔE 7.1Cornsilk · ΔE 7.7Moccasin · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.54, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5CFF8
Analogous#F8D5C5, #E9F8C5
Triadic#C5F8EE, #EEC5F8
Split complementary#C5E9F8, #D4C5F8
Tetradic#C5F8D5, #C5CFF8, #F8C5E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBF3
Darker −10%#F3E197
Darker −20%#EDD36A
Darker −30%#E8C63C
Darker −40%#D7B21A
More saturated +25%#FFF2BE
Less saturated −25%#F0E9CD

Channel breakdown

R248
G238
B197
Red248 (97.3%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue48.24°
Saturation (HSL)78.46%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F8 · G EE · B C5

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