Lemon chiffon

#fefbc1

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Lemon chiffon color values

Every conversion for #fefbc1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fefbc1

RGB254, 251, 193

HSL57, 97%, 88%

HSV57, 24%, 100%

CMYK0%, 1%, 24%, 0%

Lab97.6, -7.93, 28.24

XYZ85.0, 93.92, 64.1

Decimal16710593

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone600 C

Shades of lemon chiffon

#fdf898 #fdf66f #fcf346 #fbf01d #ebe004 #c2b903 #999202 #706b02 #474401 #1e1d00

Tints of lemon chiffon

#fefcca #fefcd3 #fefddc #fffde5 #fffeed

Colors that go with lemon chiffon

Complementary#c1c4fe Analogous#fedcc1 Analogous#e3fec1 Triadic#c1fefb Triadic#fbc1fe Split complementary#c1e3fe Split complementary#ddc1fe

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, 1, 24, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fefbc1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 24 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 26 6

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lemon chiffon in css

Copy #fefbc1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fefbc1; }
.text { color: #fefbc1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fefbc1; }

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 #fefbc1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fefbc1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lemon chiffon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #fefbc1 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn lemon chiffon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #fefbc1 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

Every value on this page for #fefbc1 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.