Colour

#FFFAC5

#FFFAC5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FFFAC5 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 197 and HSL 55°, 100%, 89%. 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

#FFFAC5#FFFAC5

HEX#FFFAC5

RGBrgb(255, 250, 197)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.7725

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(54.8, 100%, 88.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 22.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 22.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,877

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFAC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.73:1

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

Contrast with black19.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#00053A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF6C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF3ECno 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 text19.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.1 Moccasin · ΔE 10.7 Light yellow · ΔE 11.5 Wheat · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.02, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5CAFF

Analogous#FFDDC5, #E7FFC5

Triadic#C5FFFA, #FAC5FF

Split complementary#C5E7FF, #DDC5FF

Tetradic#C5FFDD, #C5CAFF, #FFC5E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFEF8

Darker −10%#FFF692

Darker −20%#FFF15F

Darker −30%#FFED2C

Darker −40%#F8E300

More saturated +25%#FFFAC5

Less saturated −25%#F8F4CC

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B197

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue54.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness88.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B C5

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Colour values

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