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#fcfaaa ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fcfaaa is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 98.04% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.79% magenta, 32.54% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, with 93.18% saturation and 82.75% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 19.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.9197

Complementary

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #aaacfc

Split complementary

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #aad5fc
  3. #d1aafc

Analogous

  1. #fcd1aa
  2. #fcfaaa
  3. #d5fcaa

Triadic

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #aafcfa
  3. #faaafc

Tetradic

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #acfcaa
  3. #aaacfc
  4. #faaafc

Square

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #aafcd1
  3. #aaacfc
  4. #fcaad5

Monochromatic

  1. #f7f116
  2. #f9f660
  3. #fcfaaa
  4. #fefeeb
  5. #fefeeb

Shades

#fcfaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #e3e199
  3. #cac888
  4. #b0af77
  5. #979666
  6. #7e7d55
  7. #656444
  8. #4c4b33
  9. #323222
  10. #191911
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcfaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #fcfbb3
  3. #fdfbbb
  4. #fdfcc4
  5. #fdfccc
  6. #fefdd5
  7. #fefddd
  8. #fefee6
  9. #fefeee
  10. #fffff7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcfaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcfaaa
  2. #f0eea6
  3. #e3e2a2
  4. #d7d59d
  5. #cac999
  6. #bebd95
  7. #b2b191
  8. #a5a58d
  9. #999888
  10. #8c8c84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f6f6f6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f8f7dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff4a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff8ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fff0e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff6a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff9ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fff4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcfaaa {
  color: #fcfaaa;
}
Background
.bg-fcfaaa {
  background-color: #fcfaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcfaaa {
  border: 2px solid #fcfaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcfaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 250 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 93% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcfaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcfaaa, #d5fcaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcfaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 250 170 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 3.61 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.83 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.95 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.56 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.56 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 7.26 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 7.30 #030555 Inverted #f6f6f6 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#fcfaaa  rgb(252, 250, 170)  hsl(59, 93%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#aaacfc  rgb(170, 172, 252)  hsl(239, 93%, 83%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aafcfa  rgb(170, 252, 250)  hsl(179, 93%, 83%)  Celeste
#faaafc  rgb(250, 170, 252)  hsl(299, 93%, 83%)  Mauve