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Recognised as Colour

#FFF6AE

  • #FFF6AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFF6AE is a yellow with RGB values 255, 246, 174 and HSL 53°, 100%, 84%. 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

#FFF6AE#FFF6AE
HEX#FFF6AE
RGBrgb(255, 246, 174)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9647, 0.6824
RGB percentages100%, 96.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(53.3, 100%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 31.8%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 31.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,774,830
CSS custom property--colour: #FFF6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.05:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3
Inverted#000951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF1A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF6B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFECE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 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 text19.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.9Khaki · ΔE 10.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.8Moccasin · ΔE 14.4Navajo white · ΔE 15.4Wheat · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB7FF
Analogous#FFCEAE, #DFFFAE
Triadic#AEFFF6, #F6AEFF
Split complementary#AEDFFF, #CDAEFF
Tetradic#AEFFCE, #AEB7FF, #FFAEE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFCE1
Darker −10%#FFF07B
Darker −20%#FFEB48
Darker −30%#FFE515
Darker −40%#E1C800
More saturated +25%#FFF6AE
Less saturated −25%#F5EEB8

Channel breakdown

R255
G246
B174
Red255 (100%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue53.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G F6 · B AE

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