A pale yellow, black text passes AA
What color is lemonchiffon?
lemonchiffon is a pale yellow: #fffacd in hex, rgb(255 250 205). Black text on it reaches 19.81:1, passing WCAG AAA. Recolor (recolor.page) shows it on a real page below.
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| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| Keyword | lemonchiffon |
| Hex | #fffacd |
| RGB | rgb(255 250 205) |
| HSL | hsl(54 100% 90%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(97.8% 0.058 102.2) |
| Nearest Tailwind color | yellow-100 #fef9c2, 0.013 away in OKLab |
| White text | 1.06:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails |
| Black text | 19.81:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes |
About lemonchiffon
A pale yellow is the plain description of lemonchiffon: OKLCH lightness 97.8%, chroma 0.058, hue 102.2 degrees.
HSL calls its lightness 90%, OKLCH 97.8%: 8 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. Its nearest CSS named color, lightgoldenrodyellow (#fafad2), is 0.009 away in OKLab, too close to tell apart by eye.
Black text on lemonchiffon measures 19.81:1, past the 7:1 of WCAG AAA, while white text manages only 1.06:1. In the hue-sorted table of named colors it sits between lightyellow and cornsilk.
In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 the nearest default color is yellow-100 (#fef9c2), 0.013 away in OKLab; for the exact color, an arbitrary value such as bg-[#fffacd] works.
Tints and shades
- #fffef7
- #fffdef
- #fffde6
- #fffcde
- #fffbd6
- #fffacd
- #c8c4a0
- #949176
- #63614e
- #363529
- #0f0e09
From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.
A palette around it
- #fffacd
- #495c65
- #bab387
- #16292f
- #837d5c
Recolor's generator, with lemonchiffon locked as swatch 1 and the seed taken from its hex, drew a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart: #495c65, #bab387, #16292f, #837d5c. Open it in Recolor.
Using lemonchiffon
As a text color, lemonchiffon on a black page gives the same 19.81:1.
.notice {
background-color: lemonchiffon; /* #fffacd */
color: black; /* 19.81:1 */
}Common questions
Does white text pass WCAG AA on lemonchiffon?
No. White text measures 1.06:1 on lemonchiffon, under AA's 4.5:1; black text measures 19.81:1 and passes.
Can lemonchiffon be written in OKLCH?
Yes: oklch(97.8% 0.058 102.2), computed from #fffacd. A named color is an sRGB color, so its OKLCH value converts back to the same hex.
Is there a named color close to lemonchiffon?
Yes: lightgoldenrodyellow (#fafad2) is the nearest, 0.009 away in OKLab, then cornsilk at 0.022.