Colour

#FAF4D9

#FAF4D9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FAF4D9 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 244, 217 and HSL 49°, 77%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

#FAF4D9#FAF4D9

HEX#FAF4D9

RGBrgb(250, 244, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9569, 0.851

RGB percentages98%, 95.7%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(49.1, 76.7%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 13.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 13.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,446,681

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF4D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.01:1

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

Contrast with black19.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#050B26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAF2D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCF5DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF0ECno 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 text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.6 Beige · ΔE 2.5 Papaya whip · ΔE 3.9 Light yellow · ΔE 4.4 Antique white · ΔE 5.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 6

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.56, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9DFFA

Analogous#FAE4D9, #EFFAD9

Triadic#D9FAF4, #F4D9FA

Split complementary#D9EFFA, #E3D9FA

Tetradic#D9FAE4, #D9DFFA, #FAD9F0

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%#F4E7AC

Darker −20%#EEDA7F

Darker −30%#E8CD52

Darker −40%#E2C025

More saturated +25%#FFF7D4

Less saturated −25%#F5F1DE

Channel breakdown

R250

G244

B217

Red250 (98%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)76.74%

Lightness91.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F4 · B D9

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Colour values

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