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Recognised as Colour

#FAEEC3

  • #FAEEC3
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FAEEC3 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 195 and HSL 47°, 85%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FAEEC3#FAEEC3
HEX#FAEEC3
RGBrgb(250, 238, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.7647
RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(46.9, 84.6%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 22%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 22%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,445,123
CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.08:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#05113C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7ECC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FBF0C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE7E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.9Wheat · ΔE 6.5Moccasin · ΔE 6.9Blanched almond · ΔE 7.1Bisque · ΔE 8
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.56, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3CFFA
Analogous#FAD3C3, #EAFAC3
Triadic#C3FAEE, #EEC3FA
Split complementary#C3EAFA, #D3C3FA
Tetradic#C3FAD3, #C3CFFA, #FAC3EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFBF2
Darker −10%#F6E194
Darker −20%#F2D365
Darker −30%#EEC636
Darker −40%#DEB213
More saturated +25%#FFF1BE
Less saturated −25%#F2E9CB

Channel breakdown

R250
G238
B195
Red250 (98%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue46.91°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B C3

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