CSS named color

Lemon Chiffon #FFFACD

The CSS keyword lemonchiffon is #FFFACD. It is a pale muted yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.978, chroma 0.058 and hue 102.2°.

Relative luminance: 0.9404
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.978 · 0.058 · 102.2
Best text: Black 19.80:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFFACD color codes

HEX: #FFFACD
RGB: rgb(255, 250, 205)
HSL: hsl(54, 100%, 90%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.978 0.058 102.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.978 -0.012 0.057)
CIELAB (D65): L* 97.65, a* -5.43, b* 22.23
XYZ (D65): X 86.44, Y 94.04, Z 71.34
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 2%, 20%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFFACD accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.80:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.06:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

19.80:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +101
White text on it

1.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1
As text on black

19.80:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −103
As text on white

1.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7C774E 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFFACD 19.80:1

It already reaches 19.80:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFFACD live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FFFACD

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFFACD sits at step 50.

50This color#FFFACD

White
1.06
Black
19.80
100#F1EDC9

White
1.18
Black
17.69
200#DED9B3

White
1.43
Black
14.68
300#C4C097

White
1.85
Black
11.33
400#A8A37A

White
2.56
Black
8.18
500#8D885F

White
3.60
Black
5.81
600#757048

White
5.03
Black
4.16
700#5E5933

White
7.11
Black
2.95
800#45411D

White
10.36
Black
2.02
900#2E2A09

White
14.46
Black
1.45
950#1A1600

White
18.12
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFFACD can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.058; #FFFACD uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.066 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.058
sRGB edge: 0.058
Display P3 edge: 0.066
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.107
Dominant wavelength: 572 nm
Excitation purity: 21%
Chromaticity: x 0.3433, y 0.3734

This color#FFFACD
Most vivid in sRGB#FFFACD
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.978 0.066 102.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #fffacd;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.982 0.802); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFFACD

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FFFDE6
OKLab50%#FFFDE6
OKLCH50%#FFFDE6

Black #000000

sRGB50%#807D67
OKLab50%#63614E
OKLCH50%#63614E

Its complement #F6F7FF

sRGB50%#FBF9E6
OKLab50%#FAF9E7
OKLCH50%#E1FFFD

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fffacd, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fffacd 50%, white);

In use

#FFFACD in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.80:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.06:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.06:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.06:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7C774E 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.80:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.67:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.67:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.67:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFFACD looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 15.4; deuteranopia changes it least, 0.5.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FFF7CA ΔE2000 1.2

Very close

Reads as pale muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFFACF ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as pale muted yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFF4EE ΔE2000 15.1

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F8F8F8 ΔE2000 15.4

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F6F7FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFFACD · #F6F7FF	20.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFF7CA · #F5F8FF	19.9	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFFACF · #F5F7FF	19.9	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFF4EE · #F4F8F9	7.0	Harder to tell apart
Achromatopsia	#F8F8F8 · #F7F7F7	0.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFFACD

Its complement is #F6F7FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FFFACD
Complement#F6F7FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFF6EC
Base#FFFACD
+30°#ECFFDF

Analogous

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Base#FFFACD
+120°#EEFAFF
+240°#FFF4FA

Triadic

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Base#FFFACD
+150°#F3F8FF
+210°#FBF5FF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lemonchiffon: #fffacd;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lemonchiffon: '#fffacd',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-lemonchiffon: oklch(0.978 0.058 102.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lemonchiffon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.9804, 0.8039],
        "hex": "#fffacd"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lemonchiffon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lemonchiffon = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.980, blue: 0.804, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lemonchiffon = Color(0xFFFFFACD)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Lemon Chiffon #FFFACD

#FFFACD color codes

Contrast: is #FFFACD accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFFACD live

Shades and tints of #FFFACD

How vivid #FFFACD can get

Mixing #FFFACD

#FFFACD in an interface

How #FFFACD looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFFACD

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFFACD in the tools