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Recognised as Colour

#FAF8BD

  • #FAF8BD
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FAF8BD is a yellow with RGB values 250, 248, 189 and HSL 58°, 86%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FAF8BD#FAF8BD
HEX#FAF8BD
RGBrgb(250, 248, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9725, 0.7412
RGB percentages98%, 97.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(58, 85.9%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58, 24.4%, 98%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 24.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,447,677
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF8BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.23:1
Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#050742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF3B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF6BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFF0E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 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 text19.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 9.7Moccasin · ΔE 12.1Wheat · ΔE 13.1Navajo white · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBFFA
Analogous#FADABD, #DEFABD
Triadic#BDFAF8, #F8BDFA
Split complementary#BDDDFA, #DABDFA
Tetradic#BDFADA, #BDBFFA, #FABDDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFDEC
Darker −10%#F6F38E
Darker −20%#F3EE5E
Darker −30%#EFE92F
Darker −40%#DAD411
More saturated +25%#FFFDB8
Less saturated −25%#F1F0C6

Channel breakdown

R250
G248
B189
Red250 (98%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue58.03°
Saturation (HSL)85.92%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FA · G F8 · B BD

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