Recognised as Colour

#FAFEE3

#FAFEE3
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Light yellow

#FAFEE3 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 254, 227 and HSL 69°, 93%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light yellow.

Colour values

#FAFEE3#FAFEE3

HEX#FAFEE3

RGBrgb(250, 254, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9961, 0.8902

RGB percentages98%, 99.6%, 89%

HSLhsl(68.9, 93.1%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.9, 10.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK1.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,449,251

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFEE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.96754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness249.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.35:1

Contrast with white1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FBFBFB

Inverted#05011C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFFBE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFCE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FEFBF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light yellow · ΔE 2.5 Beige · ΔE 3.3 Cornsilk · ΔE 4.3 Ivory · ΔE 6.3 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.9 Honeydew · ΔE 7.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight yellow (#FFFFE0)ΔE 2.55, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E7E3FE

Analogous#FEF5E3, #ECFEE3

Triadic#E3FAFE, #FEE3FA

Split complementary#E3ECFE, #F5E3FE

Tetradic#E3FEF5, #E7E3FE, #FEE3EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#F1FCB2

Darker −20%#E8FA81

Darker −30%#E0F94F

Darker −40%#D7F71E

More saturated +25%#FBFFE2

Less saturated −25%#F7FAE7

Channel breakdown

R250

G254

B227

Red250 (98%)

Green254 (99.6%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue68.89°

Saturation (HSL)93.1%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR FA · G FE · B E3

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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