Colour

#FFF5C6

#FFF5C6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FFF5C6 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 245, 198 and HSL 49°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FFF5C6#FFF5C6

HEX#FFF5C6

RGBrgb(255, 245, 198)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9608, 0.7765

RGB percentages100%, 96.1%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(49.5, 100%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 22.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 22.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,774,598

CSS custom property--colour: #FFF5C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness243.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.13:1

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

Contrast with black19.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#000A39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF2C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF6C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text19.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 2.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.4 Moccasin · ΔE 8.2 Wheat · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.4 Blanched almond · ΔE 9.4

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 2.64, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6D0FF

Analogous#FFD8C6, #ECFFC6

Triadic#C6FFF5, #F5C6FF

Split complementary#C6ECFF, #D8C6FF

Tetradic#C6FFD9, #C6D0FF, #FFC6ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFEF9

Darker −10%#FFEC93

Darker −20%#FFE360

Darker −30%#FFDA2D

Darker −40%#F9CD00

More saturated +25%#FFF5C6

Less saturated −25%#F8F0CD

Channel breakdown

R255

G245

B198

Red255 (100%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G F5 · B C6

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