Colour

#FFFCEC

#FFFCEC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Ivory

#FFFCEC is a yellow with RGB values 255, 252, 236 and HSL 51°, 100%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ivory.

Colour values

#FFFCEC#FFFCEC

HEX#FFFCEC

RGBrgb(255, 252, 236)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9882, 0.9255

RGB percentages100%, 98.8%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(50.5, 100%, 96.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 7.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 7.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,776,428

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.96937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness251.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.39:1

Contrast with white1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FBFBFB

Inverted#000313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFFBEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF9F7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ivory · ΔE 1.5 Old lace · ΔE 2.8 Floral white · ΔE 3.1 Linen · ΔE 5.2 Sea shell · ΔE 5.4 Beige · ΔE 5.5

Nearest named CSS colourIvory (#FFFFF0)ΔE 1.46, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECEFFF

Analogous#FFF3EC, #F9FFEC

Triadic#ECFFFC, #FCECFF

Split complementary#ECF8FF, #F3ECFF

Tetradic#ECFFF3, #ECEFFF, #FFECF9

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%#FFF4B9

Darker −20%#FFEC86

Darker −30%#FFE453

Darker −40%#FFDC20

More saturated +25%#FFFCEC

Less saturated −25%#FDFAEE

Channel breakdown

R255

G252

B236

Red255 (100%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue50.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness96.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G FC · B EC

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