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Recognised as Colour

#F9ECC0

  • #F9ECC0
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F9ECC0 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 236, 192 and HSL 46°, 83%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#F9ECC0#F9ECC0
HEX#F9ECC0
RGBrgb(249, 236, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9255, 0.7529
RGB percentages97.6%, 92.5%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(46.3, 82.6%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 22.9%, 97.6%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 22.9%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,379,072
CSS custom property--colour: #F9ECC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.79:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#06133F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6EABDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F9EEC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 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 text17.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.3Wheat · ΔE 5.7Moccasin · ΔE 6.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.8Blanched almond · ΔE 7.5Bisque · ΔE 8
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0CDF9
Analogous#F9D0C0, #EAF9C0
Triadic#C0F9EC, #ECC0F9
Split complementary#C0EAF9, #CFC0F9
Tetradic#C0F9D0, #C0CDF9, #F9C0EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFAEF
Darker −10%#F5DE91
Darker −20%#F0D063
Darker −30%#ECC234
Darker −40%#D8AC15
More saturated +25%#FFEFBA
Less saturated −25%#F0E7C9

Channel breakdown

R249
G236
B192
Red249 (97.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue46.32°
Saturation (HSL)82.61%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR F9 · G EC · B C0

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