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The colour lab

Close to palegoldenrod

What is this colour called?

The closest names in the swatch book, nearest first. The number is the distance in CIE Lab space: under 2 is hard to tell apart by eye.

palegoldenrod#EEE8AA6.2 Vanilla#F3E5AB8.5 Medium champagne#F3E5AB8.5 Green earth#DADD9810 Banana Mania#FAE7B511.8 khaki#F0E68C12.2 Khaki (X11) (Light khaki)#F0E68C12.2 Spring green (Crayola)#ECEBBD12.5 Pale spring bud#ECEBBD12.5 Lemon chiffon#FFFACD12.6 lemonchiffon#FFFACD12.6 Lemon yellow (Crayola)#FFFF9F12.7

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#FBF7B1 #B1B5FB

AnalogousIts neighbours

#FBF7B1 #FBD3B1 #DAFBB1

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#FBF7B1 #B1FBF7 #F7B1FB

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#FBF7B1 #B1DAFB #D3B1FB

TintsLighter

#FBF7B1 #FEFDEC #FEFDEC #FDFDEC

ShadesDarker

#FBF7B1 #F8F177 #F5EC3D #E9DE0C

Contrast with text

White text 1.1:1fails

Black text 19.04:1passes AAA

Ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula. 4.5:1 is the usual minimum for body text.

Through colour-blind eyes

Typical vision

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

No colour

A simulation. Real colour vision varies from person to person.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.