Colour

#FAF7DA

#FAF7DA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FAF7DA is a yellow with RGB values 250, 247, 218 and HSL 54°, 76%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

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HEX#FAF7DA

RGBrgb(250, 247, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9686, 0.8549

RGB percentages98%, 96.9%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(54.4, 76.2%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 12.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 12.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,450

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness244.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.38:1

Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6

Inverted#050825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDF5D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEF7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF3EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.7 Beige · ΔE 2.4 Light yellow · ΔE 2.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 5.3 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.7 Antique white · ΔE 7

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DADDFA

Analogous#FAE7DA, #EDFADA

Triadic#DAFAF7, #F7DAFA

Split complementary#DAEDFA, #E7DAFA

Tetradic#DAFAE7, #DADDFA, #FADAED

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%#F4EDAD

Darker −20%#EEE480

Darker −30%#E8DA53

Darker −40%#E2D026

More saturated +25%#FFFBD5

Less saturated −25%#F5F3DF

Channel breakdown

R250

G247

B218

Red250 (98%)

Green247 (96.9%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue54.38°

Saturation (HSL)76.19%

Lightness91.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F7 · B DA

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