Lemon chiffon

#fcfcc3

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, airy at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Lemon chiffon color values

Every conversion for #fcfcc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcfcc3

RGB252, 252, 195

HSL60, 90%, 88%

HSV60, 23%, 99%

CMYK0%, 0%, 23%, 1%

Lab97.74, -8.88, 27.39

XYZ84.81, 94.26, 65.35

Decimal16579779

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone600 C

Shades of lemon chiffon

#fafa9b #f8f874 #f6f64c #f4f424 #e3e30b #bcbc09 #949407 #6c6c05 #454503 #1d1d01

Tints of lemon chiffon

#fcfcc7 #fcfccc #fdfdd0 #fdfdd4 #fdfdd8 #fdfddd #fefee1 #fefee5 #fefeea #fefeee

Colors that go with lemon chiffon

Complementary#c3c3fc Analogous#fce0c3 Analogous#e0fcc3 Triadic#c3fcfc Triadic#fcc3fc Split complementary#c3dffc Split complementary#dfc3fc

Lemon chiffon in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 23, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcfcc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 23 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 25 7

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 #fcfcc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcfcc3; }
.text { color: #fcfcc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcfcc3; }

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 #fcfcc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcfcc3 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 #fcfcc3 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 #fcfcc3 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 #fcfcc3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.