Colour

#FDEFBC

#FDEFBC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FDEFBC is a yellow with RGB values 253, 239, 188 and HSL 47°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FDEFBC#FDEFBC

HEX#FDEFBC

RGBrgb(253, 239, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9373, 0.7373

RGB percentages99.2%, 93.7%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(47.1, 94.2%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 25.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 25.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,641,980

CSS custom property--colour: #FDEFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.25:1

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

Contrast with black18.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#021043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAECB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEF1BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE7E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 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 text18.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.8 Moccasin · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.1 Wheat · ΔE 7.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.5 Navajo white · ΔE 8.8

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCCAFD

Analogous#FDCFBC, #EBFDBC

Triadic#BCFDEF, #EFBCFD

Split complementary#BCEBFD, #CFBCFD

Tetradic#BCFDCF, #BCCAFD, #FDBCEB

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%#FCE38A

Darker −20%#FAD759

Darker −30%#F9CC27

Darker −40%#E6B607

More saturated +25%#FFF0BA

Less saturated −25%#F4EAC5

Channel breakdown

R253

G239

B188

Red253 (99.2%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue47.08°

Saturation (HSL)94.2%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G EF · B BC

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Colour values

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