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Recognised as Colour

#FAF4AB

  • #FAF4AB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAF4AB is a yellow with RGB values 250, 244, 171 and HSL 55°, 89%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAF4AB#FAF4AB
HEX#FAF4AB
RGBrgb(250, 244, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9569, 0.6706
RGB percentages98%, 95.7%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(55.4, 88.8%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.4, 31.6%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 2.4%, 31.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,635
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF4AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.59:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#050B54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEFA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF3AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFEBE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 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 text18.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6Khaki · ΔE 10.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.4Moccasin · ΔE 15.1Navajo white · ΔE 16.1Wheat · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABB1FA
Analogous#FACCAB, #D9FAAB
Triadic#ABFAF4, #F4ABFA
Split complementary#ABD9FA, #CCABFA
Tetradic#ABFACC, #ABB1FA, #FAABD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFADB
Darker −10%#F7EE7B
Darker −20%#F4E74B
Darker −30%#F1E11B
Darker −40%#CDBE0C
More saturated +25%#FFF8A6
Less saturated −25%#EFEBB6

Channel breakdown

R250
G244
B171
Red250 (98%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue55.44°
Saturation (HSL)88.76%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F4 · B AB

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