Recognised as Colour

#FAEEC4

#FAEEC4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FAEEC4 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 238, 196 and HSL 47°, 84%, 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

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HEX#FAEEC4

RGBrgb(250, 238, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9333, 0.7686

RGB percentages98%, 93.3%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(46.7, 84.4%, 87.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 21.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 21.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,445,124

CSS custom property--colour: #FAEEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.09:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#05113B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7ECC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBF0C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE7E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 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 text18.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.8 Wheat · ΔE 6.6 Blanched almond · ΔE 6.7 Moccasin · ΔE 7.1 Bisque · ΔE 7.7

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)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#C4D0FA

Analogous#FAD3C4, #EBFAC4

Triadic#C4FAEE, #EEC4FA

Split complementary#C4EBFA, #D3C4FA

Tetradic#C4FAD3, #C4D0FA, #FAC4EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFCF3

Darker −10%#F6E095

Darker −20%#F2D366

Darker −30%#EEC537

Darker −40%#DFB213

More saturated +25%#FFF1BF

Less saturated −25%#F2EACC

Channel breakdown

R250

G238

B196

Red250 (98%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)84.37%

Lightness87.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G EE · B C4

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