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Recognised as Colour

#FFFBDE

  • #FFFBDE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornsilk

#FFFBDE is a yellow with RGB values 255, 251, 222 and HSL 53°, 100%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

#FFFBDE#FFFBDE
HEX#FFFBDE
RGBrgb(255, 251, 222)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9843, 0.8706
RGB percentages100%, 98.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(52.7, 100%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 12.9%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 1.6%, 12.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,776,158
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFBDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.95528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness249.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.11:1
Contrast with white1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black20.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#FAFAFA
Inverted#000421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFFBDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFF7F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text20.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.4Light yellow · ΔE 2Beige · ΔE 3.4Papaya whip · ΔE 5.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.8Old lace · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.44, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEE2FF
Analogous#FFEBDE, #F3FFDE
Triadic#DEFFFB, #FBDEFF
Split complementary#DEF3FF, #EBDEFF
Tetradic#DEFFEB, #DEE2FF, #FFDEF3

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%#FFF5AB
Darker −20%#FFEF78
Darker −30%#FFE845
Darker −40%#FFE212
More saturated +25%#FFFBDE
Less saturated −25%#FBF8E2

Channel breakdown

R255
G251
B222
Red255 (100%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue52.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FB · B DE

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