Recognised as Colour

#FEFAE0

#FEFAE0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FEFAE0 is a yellow with RGB values 254, 250, 224 and HSL 52°, 94%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

#FEFAE0#FEFAE0

HEX#FEFAE0

RGBrgb(254, 250, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.9961, 0.9804, 0.8784

RGB percentages99.6%, 98%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(52, 93.8%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 11.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 11.8%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,710,368

CSS custom property--colour: #FEFAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness248.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.96:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#01051F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFAE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF6F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.6 Beige · ΔE 2.5 Light yellow · ΔE 3.2 Papaya whip · ΔE 5.4 Old lace · ΔE 5.8 Ivory · ΔE 6

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.61, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E0E4FE

Analogous#FEEBE0, #F3FEE0

Triadic#E0FEFA, #FAE0FE

Split complementary#E0F3FE, #EBE0FE

Tetradic#E0FEEB, #E0E4FE, #FEE0F3

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%#FCF2AF

Darker −20%#FBEA7D

Darker −30%#F9E24C

Darker −40%#F8DA1A

More saturated +25%#FFFBDF

Less saturated −25%#FAF7E4

Channel breakdown

R254

G250

B224

Red254 (99.6%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)93.75%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FE · G FA · B E0

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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