Recognised as Colour

#FAF8EB

#FAF8EB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Floral white

#FAF8EB is a yellow with RGB values 250, 248, 235 and HSL 52°, 60%, 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 Floral white.

Colour values

#FAF8EB#FAF8EB

HEX#FAF8EB

RGBrgb(250, 248, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9725, 0.9216

RGB percentages98%, 97.3%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(52, 60%, 95.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 6%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,447,723

CSS custom property--colour: #FAF8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness247.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.69:1

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

Contrast with black19.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#050714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBF7EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCF8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FDF6F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text19.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Floral white · ΔE 2.1 Old lace · ΔE 2.5 Ivory · ΔE 2.5 Linen · ΔE 3.9 Sea shell · ΔE 4.2 Mint cream · ΔE 6.1

Nearest named CSS colourFloral white (#FFFAF0)ΔE 2.12, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBEDFA

Analogous#FAF1EB, #F4FAEB

Triadic#EBFAF8, #F8EBFA

Split complementary#EBF4FA, #F1EBFA

Tetradic#EBFAF1, #EBEDFA, #FAEBF4

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%#F0EAC2

Darker −20%#E6DB99

Darker −30%#DBCD71

Darker −40%#D1BF48

More saturated +25%#FDFAE8

Less saturated −25%#F7F6EE

Channel breakdown

R250

G248

B235

Red250 (98%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness95.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G F8 · B EB

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Colour values

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