Colour

#F8F0CF

#F8F0CF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#F8F0CF is a yellow with RGB values 248, 240, 207 and HSL 48°, 75%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

#F8F0CF#F8F0CF

HEX#F8F0CF

RGBrgb(248, 240, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9412, 0.8118

RGB percentages97.3%, 94.1%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(48.3, 74.5%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 16.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 16.5%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,314,575

CSS custom property--colour: #F8F0CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.36:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#070F30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7EECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAF1D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 3.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 4.6 Blanched almond · ΔE 4.8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.3 Beige · ΔE 5.3 Light yellow · ΔE 5.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 3.88, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CFD7F8

Analogous#F8DCCF, #ECF8CF

Triadic#CFF8F0, #F0CFF8

Split complementary#CFECF8, #DBCFF8

Tetradic#CFF8DB, #CFD7F8, #F8CFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFC

Darker −10%#F2E2A2

Darker −20%#EBD476

Darker −30%#E5C649

Darker −40%#DBB720

More saturated +25%#FFF4C8

Less saturated −25%#F1ECD6

Channel breakdown

R248

G240

B207

Red248 (97.3%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue48.29°

Saturation (HSL)74.55%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G F0 · B CF

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Colour values

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