Colour

#FCF0BD

#FCF0BD
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FCF0BD is a yellow with RGB values 252, 240, 189 and HSL 49°, 91%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

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HEX#FCF0BD

RGBrgb(252, 240, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9412, 0.7412

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.1%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(48.6, 91.3%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 25%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 25%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,701

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF0BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.34:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#030F42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBEDBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEF1BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE8E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.3 Moccasin · ΔE 6.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7 Wheat · ΔE 7.7 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8 Navajo white · ΔE 9.6

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BDC9FC

Analogous#FCD1BD, #E9FCBD

Triadic#BDFCF0, #F0BDFC

Split complementary#BDE9FC, #D1BDFC

Tetradic#BDFCD1, #BDC9FC, #FCBDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFBEE

Darker −10%#FAE58C

Darker −20%#F8DA5B

Darker −30%#F5CF2B

Darker −40%#E3B90A

More saturated +25%#FFF2BA

Less saturated −25%#F3EBC6

Channel breakdown

R252

G240

B189

Red252 (98.8%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)91.3%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F0 · B BD

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Colour values

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