Colour

#F9F2C4

#F9F2C4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#F9F2C4 is a yellow with RGB values 249, 242, 196 and HSL 52°, 82%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#F9F2C4#F9F2C4

HEX#F9F2C4

RGBrgb(249, 242, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.949, 0.7686

RGB percentages97.6%, 94.9%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(52.1, 81.5%, 87.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 21.3%, 97.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 21.3%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,380,612

CSS custom property--colour: #F9F2C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.53:1

Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#060D3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBEFC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDF2C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 2.8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 4.8 Wheat · ΔE 8.6 Moccasin · ΔE 8.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.1 Light yellow · ΔE 9.3

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 2.84, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C4CBF9

Analogous#F9D8C4, #E5F9C4

Triadic#C4F9F2, #F2C4F9

Split complementary#C4E5F9, #D8C4F9

Tetradic#C4F9D8, #C4CBF9, #F9C4E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFCF2

Darker −10%#F4E896

Darker −20%#F0DE67

Darker −30%#EBD339

Darker −40%#DBC116

More saturated +25%#FFF6BE

Less saturated −25%#F1ECCC

Channel breakdown

R249

G242

B196

Red249 (97.6%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue52.08°

Saturation (HSL)81.54%

Lightness87.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F9 · G F2 · B C4

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