Colour

#FAF6DC

#FAF6DC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#FAF6DC is a yellow with RGB values 250, 246, 220 and HSL 52°, 75%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#FAF6DC#FAF6DC

HEX#FAF6DC

RGBrgb(250, 246, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9647, 0.8627

RGB percentages98%, 96.5%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(52, 75%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 12%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 12%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,196

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF6DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness244.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.28:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F5F5F5

Inverted#050923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBF4DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDF6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF2EFno 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 text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 1.7 Cornsilk · ΔE 1.7 Light yellow · ΔE 3.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 4.7 Old lace · ΔE 5.8 Antique white · ΔE 5.8

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 1.68, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCE0FA

Analogous#FAE7DC, #EFFADC

Triadic#DCFAF6, #F6DCFA

Split complementary#DCEFFA, #E7DCFA

Tetradic#DCFAE7, #DCE0FA, #FADCEF

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%#F4EBAF

Darker −20%#EDDF83

Darker −30%#E7D456

Darker −40%#E1C82A

More saturated +25%#FFFAD7

Less saturated −25%#F5F2E1

Channel breakdown

R250

G246

B220

Red250 (98%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness92.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F6 · B DC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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