#F0F4C3 colour

#F0F4C3 is a very light yellow close to CSS lightgoldenrodyellow: RGB 240, 244, 195, HSL 65, 69%, 86%. Black text passes AAA (18.43:1).

#F0F4C3

Nearest CSS name: lightgoldenrodyellow #fafad2 (not an exact match)
Described as: a very light yellow
Red, green, blue: 240, 244, 195
Material 2014: Lime 100
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.8717 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#f0f4c3`
RGB	`rgb(240, 244, 195)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(94.1% 95.7% 76.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(64.9, 69%, 86.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(64.9, 20.1%, 95.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(64.9 76.5% 4.3%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(2%, 0%, 20%, 4%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(94.97% -7.24 23.26)`
OKLCH	`oklch(95.2% 0.0637 111.39)`
Decimal	`15791299`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.14:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 18.43:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	18.43:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #F0F4C3 (18.43:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#f1f5c8 18%#f3f6ce 27%#f4f7d3 36%#f5f8d9 45%#f7f9de 55%#f8fae4 64%#fafbe9 73%#fbfcef 82%#fcfdf4 91%#fefefa

9%#dadeb1 18%#c4c8a0 27%#afb18e 36%#999b7c 45%#83856a 55%#6d6f59 64%#575947 73%#414335 82%#2c2c23 91%#161612

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#f0f4c3 #c7c3f4

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#f4e0c3 #f0f4c3 #d8f4c3

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#f0f4c3 #c3f0f4 #f4c3f0

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#f0f4c3 #c3d8f4 #e0c3f4

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#f0f4c3 #c3f4e0 #c7c3f4 #f4c3d8

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#f0f4c3 Protanopia#fcefc0 Deuteranopia#fcf1c5 Tritanopia#f7eee7 Achromatopsia#f0f0f0

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Lime palette

50#f9fbe7 100#f0f4c3 200#e6ee9c 300#dce775 400#d4e157 500#cddc39 600#c0ca33 700#afb42b 800#9e9d24 900#827717 A100#f4ff81 A200#eeff41 A400#c6ff00 A700#aeea00

CSS

Text colour	`color: #f0f4c3;`
Background	`background-color: #f0f4c3;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #f0f4c3;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(240 244 195 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #f0f4c3;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0f4c3, #909275);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f6f8db, #f0f4c3);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #f0f4c3; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #F0F4C3 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.