Colour
#FAF6DF
- #FAF6DF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Beige
#FAF6DF is a yellow with RGB values 250, 246, 223 and HSL 51°, 73%, 93%. 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
#FAF6DF#FAF6DF
HEX#FAF6DF
RGBrgb(250, 246, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9647, 0.8745
RGB percentages98%, 96.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(51.1, 73%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 10.8%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 1.6%, 10.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,447,199
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF6DF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.91563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness244.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.31:1
Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F5F5F5
Inverted#050920
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DFE3FA
Analogous#FAE9DF, #F1FADF
Triadic#DFFAF6, #F6DFFA
Split complementary#DFF1FA, #E8DFFA
Tetradic#DFFAE9, #DFE3FA, #FADFF1
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G246
B223
Red250 (98%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue51.11°
Saturation (HSL)72.97%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F6 · B DF
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