Colour

#FCF0C6

#FCF0C6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FCF0C6 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 240, 198 and HSL 47°, 90%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FCF0C6#FCF0C6

HEX#FCF0C6

RGBrgb(252, 240, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9412, 0.7765

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.1%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(46.7, 90%, 88.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 21.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 21.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,710

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF0C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.42:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#030F39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9EEC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDF2C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.1 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.4 Blanched almond · ΔE 6.7 Wheat · ΔE 7.1 Moccasin · ΔE 7.4 Bisque · ΔE 7.9

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.14, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6D2FC

Analogous#FCD5C6, #EDFCC6

Triadic#C6FCF0, #F0C6FC

Split complementary#C6EDFC, #D5C6FC

Tetradic#C6FCD5, #C6D2FC, #FCC6ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFDF6

Darker −10%#F9E396

Darker −20%#F7D665

Darker −30%#F4CA35

Darker −40%#EAB80C

More saturated +25%#FFF2C3

Less saturated −25%#F5ECCE

Channel breakdown

R252

G240

B198

Red252 (98.8%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness88.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F0 · B C6

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Colour values

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