Colour

#FAF3D9

#FAF3D9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FAF3D9 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 243, 217 and HSL 47°, 77%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

#FAF3D9#FAF3D9

HEX#FAF3D9

RGBrgb(250, 243, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9529, 0.851

RGB percentages98%, 95.3%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(47.3, 76.7%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 13.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 13.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,446,425

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF3D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.89:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#050C26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F1D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBF4DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEFECno 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 text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.9 Beige · ΔE 2.6 Papaya whip · ΔE 3.5 Antique white · ΔE 4.7 Light yellow · ΔE 5 Old lace · ΔE 5.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.95, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9E0FA

Analogous#FAE3D9, #F1FAD9

Triadic#D9FAF3, #F3D9FA

Split complementary#D9F1FA, #E2D9FA

Tetradic#D9FAE3, #D9E0FA, #FAD9F1

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%#F4E5AC

Darker −20%#EED77F

Darker −30%#E8C852

Darker −40%#E2BA25

More saturated +25%#FFF6D4

Less saturated −25%#F5F0DE

Channel breakdown

R250

G243

B217

Red250 (98%)

Green243 (95.3%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue47.27°

Saturation (HSL)76.74%

Lightness91.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F3 · B D9

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