Colour

#FAF2CF

#FAF2CF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FAF2CF is a yellow with RGB values 250, 242, 207 and HSL 49°, 81%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

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HEX#FAF2CF

RGBrgb(250, 242, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.949, 0.8118

RGB percentages98%, 94.9%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(48.8, 81.1%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 17.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 17.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,446,159

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF2CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness240.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.67:1

Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1

Inverted#050D30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAF0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCF3D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEDE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 4.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 4.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 5.3 Papaya whip · ΔE 5.4 Light yellow · ΔE 5.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.5

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 4.24, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CFD7FA

Analogous#FADCCF, #ECFACF

Triadic#CFFAF2, #F2CFFA

Split complementary#CFECFA, #DDCFFA

Tetradic#CFFADD, #CFD7FA, #FACFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFD

Darker −10%#F5E5A1

Darker −20%#F0D973

Darker −30%#ECCC44

Darker −40%#E5BF18

More saturated +25%#FFF5CA

Less saturated −25%#F3EED6

Channel breakdown

R250

G242

B207

Red250 (98%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue48.84°

Saturation (HSL)81.13%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F2 · B CF

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Colour values

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