Lemon chiffon

#faefc8

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for lemon chiffon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Lemon chiffon is a pale yellow, quiet at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Lemon chiffon color values

Every conversion for #faefc8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faefc8

RGB250, 239, 200

HSL47, 83%, 88%

HSV47, 20%, 98%

CMYK0%, 4%, 20%, 2%

Lab94.41, -2.41, 20.22

XYZ80.72, 86.23, 67.03

Decimal16445384

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone607 C

Shades of lemon chiffon

#f7e4a2 #f3d97b #f0cd55 #ecc22e #dcb014 #b69111 #8f730d #69540a #423506 #1c1603

Tints of lemon chiffon

#faf0cc #fbf1d0 #fbf2d4 #fbf3d7 #fcf5db #fcf6df #fcf7e3 #fdf8e7 #fdf9eb #fefaef

Colors that go with lemon chiffon

Complementary#c8d3fa Analogous#fad6c8 Analogous#ecfac8 Triadic#c8faef Triadic#efc8fa Split complementary#c8ecfa Split complementary#d6c8fa

Lemon chiffon in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 20, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faefc8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 20 2

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 22 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Lemon chiffon in css

Copy #faefc8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faefc8; }
.text { color: #faefc8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faefc8; }

How lemon chiffon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Lemon chiffon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #faefc8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faefc8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lemon chiffon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #faefc8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around lemon chiffon? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn lemon chiffon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #faefc8 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from lemon chiffon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #faefc8 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.