Colour

#FFFBC8

#FFFBC8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FFFBC8 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 251, 200 and HSL 56°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FFFBC8#FFFBC8

HEX#FFFBC8

RGBrgb(255, 251, 200)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9843, 0.7843

RGB percentages100%, 98.4%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(55.6, 100%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 21.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 21.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,136

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFBC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.88:1

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

Contrast with black19.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F8F8F8

Inverted#000437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF7C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

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

Tritanopia#FFF4EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 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 text19.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 3 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9 Light yellow · ΔE 10.4 Moccasin · ΔE 11 Cornsilk · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 3.01, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8CCFF

Analogous#FFDFC8, #E7FFC8

Triadic#C8FFFB, #FBC8FF

Split complementary#C8E7FF, #DFC8FF

Tetradic#C8FFDF, #C8CCFF, #FFC8E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFB

Darker −10%#FFF795

Darker −20%#FFF462

Darker −30%#FFF02F

Darker −40%#FBE900

More saturated +25%#FFFBC8

Less saturated −25%#F8F5CF

Channel breakdown

R255

G251

B200

Red255 (100%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue55.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FB · B C8

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