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Recognised as Colour

#FAEEB6

  • #FAEEB6
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAEEB6 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 182 and HSL 49°, 87%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAEEB6#FAEEB6
HEX#FAEEB6
RGBrgb(250, 238, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.7137
RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(49.4, 87.2%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 27.2%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 27.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,445,110
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8485WCAG 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 17.97:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#051149

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9EBB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FDEFB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 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 text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.6Moccasin · ΔE 7.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.5Wheat · ΔE 8.7Navajo white · ΔE 9.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.65, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6C2FA
Analogous#FACCB6, #E4FAB6
Triadic#B6FAEE, #EEB6FA
Split complementary#B6E4FA, #CCB6FA
Tetradic#B6FACC, #B6C2FA, #FAB6E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDF9E6
Darker −10%#F7E386
Darker −20%#F3D857
Darker −30%#F0CD27
Darker −40%#D5B20F
More saturated +25%#FFF1B1
Less saturated −25%#F0E8C0

Channel breakdown

R250
G238
B182
Red250 (98%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue49.41°
Saturation (HSL)87.18%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B B6

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