Colour

#FFFAC4

#FFFAC4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FFFAC4 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 196 and HSL 55°, 100%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FFFAC4#FFFAC4

HEX#FFFAC4

RGBrgb(255, 250, 196)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.7686

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(54.9, 100%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 23.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 23.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,876

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFAC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.72:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#00053B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF6C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF9C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7 Moccasin · ΔE 10.8 Wheat · ΔE 11.8 Light yellow · ΔE 12

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C4C9FF

Analogous#FFDCC4, #E6FFC4

Triadic#C4FFFA, #FAC4FF

Split complementary#C4E7FF, #DCC4FF

Tetradic#C4FFDC, #C4C9FF, #FFC4E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFEF7

Darker −10%#FFF691

Darker −20%#FFF15E

Darker −30%#FFED2B

Darker −40%#F7E200

More saturated +25%#FFFAC4

Less saturated −25%#F8F4CB

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B196

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue54.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness88.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B C4

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Colour values

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