Recognised as Colour
#FAEEBD
- #FAEEBD
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Lemon chiffon
#FAEEBD is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 189 and HSL 48°, 86%, 86%. 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
#FAEEBD#FAEEBD
HEX#FAEEBD
RGBrgb(250, 238, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.7412
RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(48.2, 85.9%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 24.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 24.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,445,117
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEBD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.85147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.7 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#051142
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BDC9FA
Analogous#FAD0BD, #E8FABD
Triadic#BDFAEE, #EEBDFA
Split complementary#BDE8FA, #CFBDFA
Tetradic#BDFAD0, #BDC9FA, #FABDE8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G238
B189
Red250 (98%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue48.2°
Saturation (HSL)85.92%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B BD
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