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Recognised as Colour

#FFF6AA

  • #FFF6AA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFF6AA is a yellow with RGB values 255, 246, 170 and HSL 54°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFF6AA#FFF6AA
HEX#FFF6AA
RGBrgb(255, 246, 170)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9647, 0.6667
RGB percentages100%, 96.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,774,826
CSS custom property--colour: #FFF6AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.01:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#000955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF1A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF6ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFECE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 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 text19.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3Khaki · ΔE 9.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.8Moccasin · ΔE 16Navajo white · ΔE 16.7Wheat · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB3FF
Analogous#FFCBAA, #DEFFAA
Triadic#AAFFF6, #F6AAFF
Split complementary#AADEFF, #CBAAFF
Tetradic#AAFFCB, #AAB3FF, #FFAADE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFBDD
Darker −10%#FFF177
Darker −20%#FFEB44
Darker −30%#FFE611
Darker −40%#DDC600
More saturated +25%#FFF6AA
Less saturated −25%#F4EEB5

Channel breakdown

R255
G246
B170
Red255 (100%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue53.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G F6 · B AA

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