Colour

#FFFAE8

#FFFAE8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Old lace

#FFFAE8 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 250, 232 and HSL 47°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.

Colour values

#FFFAE8#FFFAE8

HEX#FFFAE8

RGBrgb(255, 250, 232)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9804, 0.9098

RGB percentages100%, 98%, 91%

HSLhsl(47, 100%, 95.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47, 9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,775,912

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.95457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness249.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.09:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FAFAFA

Inverted#000517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEF9E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFBE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF7F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Old lace · ΔE 2.3 Ivory · ΔE 2.8 Floral white · ΔE 4.1 Beige · ΔE 4.6 Cornsilk · ΔE 5.2 Linen · ΔE 5.3

Nearest named CSS colourOld lace (#FDF5E6)ΔE 2.34, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8EDFF

Analogous#FFEEE8, #F9FFE8

Triadic#E8FFFA, #FAE8FF

Split complementary#E8F9FF, #EEE8FF

Tetradic#E8FFEE, #E8EDFF, #FFE8F9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#FFEFB5

Darker −20%#FFE482

Darker −30%#FFD94F

Darker −40%#FFCE1C

More saturated +25%#FFFAE8

Less saturated −25%#FCF8EB

Channel breakdown

R255

G250

B232

Red255 (100%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue46.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness95.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FA · B E8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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