Colour

#F8F2DA

#F8F2DA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#F8F2DA is a yellow with RGB values 248, 242, 218 and HSL 48°, 68%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

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HEX#F8F2DA

RGBrgb(248, 242, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.949, 0.8549

RGB percentages97.3%, 94.9%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(48, 68.2%, 91.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 12.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 12.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,315,098

CSS custom property--colour: #F8F2DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.7:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2

Inverted#070D25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7F0D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9F3DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDEEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 2.3 Cornsilk · ΔE 2.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 3.9 Antique white · ΔE 4.2 Old lace · ΔE 4.9 Light yellow · ΔE 5.6

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 2.33, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DAE0F8

Analogous#F8E3DA, #EFF8DA

Triadic#DAF8F2, #F2DAF8

Split complementary#DAEFF8, #E3DAF8

Tetradic#DAF8E3, #DAE0F8, #F8DAEF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#F0E3AF

Darker −20%#E8D484

Darker −30%#E0C559

Darker −40%#D8B62E

More saturated +25%#FEF5D4

Less saturated −25%#F3EFE0

Channel breakdown

R248

G242

B218

Red248 (97.3%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)68.18%

Lightness91.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR F8 · G F2 · B DA

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Colour values

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