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Recognised as Colour

#FAF2D7

  • #FAF2D7
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornsilk

#FAF2D7 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 242, 215 and HSL 46°, 78%, 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 Cornsilk.

Colour values

#FAF2D7#FAF2D7
HEX#FAF2D7
RGBrgb(250, 242, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.949, 0.8431
RGB percentages98%, 94.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(46.3, 77.8%, 91.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 14%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 3.2%, 14%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,167
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF2D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.75:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#050D28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8F0D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FBF3D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFEEEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 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 text18.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 2.1Papaya whip · ΔE 3.1Beige · ΔE 3.2Antique white · ΔE 4.7Blanched almond · ΔE 5.1Light yellow · ΔE 5.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 2.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7DFFA
Analogous#FAE1D7, #F1FAD7
Triadic#D7FAF2, #F2D7FA
Split complementary#D7F1FA, #E0D7FA
Tetradic#D7FAE1, #D7DFFA, #FAD7F1

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%#F4E3AA
Darker −20%#EFD57C
Darker −30%#E9C64F
Darker −40%#E3B722
More saturated +25%#FFF5D2
Less saturated −25%#F4EFDD

Channel breakdown

R250
G242
B215
Red250 (98%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue46.29°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness91.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F2 · B D7

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