#FEEDAA

sRGB: 254 / 237 / 170

Cosmic tempests fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Brilliant stars illuminate hidden worlds

#FEEDAA belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 254 red, 237 green and 170 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 47.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 97.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.91:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 254, 237, 170
HSL: 47.86°, 97.67%, 83.14%
HSV / HSB: 47.86°, 33.07%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.69%, 33.07%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.410, 84.542, 50.219
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.686, -3.844, 34.598
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84541
24-bit decimal: 16706986

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FEEDAA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.91:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#AABBFE sits half a turn (180°) from #FEEDAA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FEEDAA #AABBFE

Analogous

#FEC3AA and #E5FEAA sit 30° to either side of #FEEDAA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FEC3AA #FEEDAA #E5FEAA

Triadic

#FEEDAA, #AAFEED and #EDAAFE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FEEDAA #AAFEED #EDAAFE

Split complementary

Start at #FEEDAA and look across the wheel. #AAE5FE and #C3AAFE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FEEDAA #AAE5FE #C3AAFE

Square

Starting with #FEEDAA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AAFEC3, #AABBFE, then #FEAAE5. Across the square, #FEEDAA pairs with #AABBFE, and #AAFEC3 with #FEAAE5.

#FEEDAA #AAFEC3 #AABBFE #FEAAE5

Tetradic

#FEEDAA and #AABBFE are opposites, as are #BBFEAA and #EDAAFE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FEEDAA #BBFEAA #AABBFE #EDAAFE

Tints

Mixing #FEEDAA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FEF1BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FEEDAA #FEF1BB #FEF4CC #FFF8DD #FFFBEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FEEDAA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBE88, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F22, the mixture is 80% black.

#FEEDAA #CBBE88 #988E66 #665F44 #332F22 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FEEDAA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D7A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999688, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FEEDAA #E5D7A2 #CCC199 #B2AC91 #999688 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FEEDAA

RGB

rgb(254 237 170)

HSL

hsl(47.857 97.674% 83.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FEEDAA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FEEDAA uses 254 red, 237 green and 170 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.6%

Green 92.9%

Blue 66.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FEEDAA is 0.0% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 33.1% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.7%

Yellow 33.1%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FEEDAA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEAA Nearest web-safe: #FFFF99

Gradient to complement

#FEEDAA #F0E5B8 #E2DCC6 #D4D4D4 #C6CCE2 #B8C3F0 #AABBFE

Color vision previews

Compare how #FEEDAA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FAEAA5

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEFAC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFE3DC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FCEBA8

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FEEEAB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFEABE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EDEDED

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#F6EDCF

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.99110 G 0.84687 B 0.40198

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.98468 G 0.93173 B 0.69737

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.96550 G 0.85166 B 0.44425

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.368 y 0.397 Y 84.542

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.392 M % 7.059 Y % 33.333

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111110 11101101 10101010