Colour

#FFFCC6

#FFFCC6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FFFCC6 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 252, 198 and HSL 57°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FFFCC6#FFFCC6

HEX#FFFCC6

RGBrgb(255, 252, 198)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9882, 0.7765

RGB percentages100%, 98.8%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(56.8, 100%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 22.4%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 22.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,390

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFCC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness247.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.99:1

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

Contrast with black19.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#000339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF8C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFBC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF5EDno 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 text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 4.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.7 Light yellow · ΔE 11.8 Wheat · ΔE 12.6

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 4.53, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6C9FF

Analogous#FFE0C6, #E5FFC6

Triadic#C6FFFC, #FCC6FF

Split complementary#C6E5FF, #E0C6FF

Tetradic#C6FFE0, #C6C9FF, #FFC6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFF9

Darker −10%#FFF993

Darker −20%#FFF760

Darker −30%#FFF42D

Darker −40%#F9EC00

More saturated +25%#FFFCC6

Less saturated −25%#F8F6CD

Channel breakdown

R255

G252

B198

Red255 (100%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue56.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FC · B C6

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