Recognised as Colour

#FAF8E8

#FAF8E8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Old lace

#FAF8E8 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 248, 232 and HSL 53°, 64%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.

Colour values

#FAF8E8#FAF8E8

HEX#FAF8E8

RGBrgb(250, 248, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9725, 0.9098

RGB percentages98%, 97.3%, 91%

HSLhsl(53.3, 64.3%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 7.2%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 7.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,720

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF8E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.66:1

Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#050717

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBF7E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCF8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FDF6F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Old lace · ΔE 2.3 Ivory · ΔE 2.5 Floral white · ΔE 3.4 Linen · ΔE 4.6 Beige · ΔE 4.9 Sea shell · ΔE 5.4

Nearest named CSS colourOld lace (#FDF5E6)ΔE 2.3, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8EAFA

Analogous#FAEFE8, #F3FAE8

Triadic#E8FAF8, #F8E8FA

Split complementary#E8F3FA, #EFE8FA

Tetradic#E8FAEF, #E8EAFA, #FAE8F3

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%#F1EBBE

Darker −20%#E8DF94

Darker −30%#DFD26A

Darker −40%#D6C540

More saturated +25%#FEFBE4

Less saturated −25%#F6F5EB

Channel breakdown

R250

G248

B232

Red250 (98%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)64.29%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F8 · B E8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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