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Colour

#FAEDBC

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

#FAEDBC is a yellow with RGB values 250, 237, 188 and HSL 47°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FAEDBC#FAEDBC
HEX#FAEDBC
RGBrgb(250, 237, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9294, 0.7373
RGB percentages98%, 92.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(47.4, 86.1%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 24.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 24.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,860
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.9:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#051243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7EAB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FBEFBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 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 text17.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.6Moccasin · ΔE 5.9Wheat · ΔE 6.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.9Navajo white · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC9FA
Analogous#FACEBC, #E8FABC
Triadic#BCFAED, #EDBCFA
Split complementary#BCE8FA, #CEBCFA
Tetradic#BCFACE, #BCC9FA, #FABCE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFAEB
Darker −10%#F6E08D
Darker −20%#F3D45D
Darker −30%#EFC72E
Darker −40%#DAB010
More saturated +25%#FFF0B7
Less saturated −25%#F1E8C5

Channel breakdown

R250
G237
B188
Red250 (98%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue47.42°
Saturation (HSL)86.11%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G ED · B BC

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