Recognised as Colour

#FAF7BF

#FAF7BF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FAF7BF is a yellow with RGB values 250, 247, 191 and HSL 57°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FAF7BF#FAF7BF

HEX#FAF7BF

RGBrgb(250, 247, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9686, 0.749

RGB percentages98%, 96.9%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(56.9, 85.5%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 23.6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 23.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,423

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF7BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness242.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.12:1

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

Contrast with black19.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#050840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF3BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF6C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF0E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 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 text19.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.3 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.1 Wheat · ΔE 12 Light yellow · ΔE 13.1

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BFC2FA

Analogous#FADABF, #E0FABF

Triadic#BFFAF7, #F7BFFA

Split complementary#BFE0FA, #DABFFA

Tetradic#BFFAD9, #BFC2FA, #FABFE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFDEE

Darker −10%#F6F190

Darker −20%#F3EB60

Darker −30%#EFE531

Darker −40%#DCD211

More saturated +25%#FFFBBA

Less saturated −25%#F1EFC8

Channel breakdown

R250

G247

B191

Red250 (98%)

Green247 (96.9%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue56.95°

Saturation (HSL)85.51%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F7 · B BF

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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