Colour

#FAFAD2

#FAFAD2
Yellow
Light
Named: Light goldenrod yellow

#FAFAD2 is the CSS colour yellow with RGB values 250, 250, 210 and HSL 60°, 80%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#FAFAD2

RGBrgb(250, 250, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9804, 0.8235

RGB percentages98%, 98%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(60, 80%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 16%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 16%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,448,210

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFAD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness245.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.67:1

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

Contrast with black19.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#05052D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF6D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF8D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF5EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 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 text19.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 0 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 3.2 Light yellow · ΔE 5 Cornsilk · ΔE 6.5 Beige · ΔE 7.7 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.4

This is a named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)exact match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usablelightgoldenrodyellow

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D2D2FA

Analogous#FAE6D2, #E6FAD2

Triadic#D2FAFA, #FAD2FA

Split complementary#D2E6FA, #E6D2FA

Tetradic#D2FAE6, #D2D2FA, #FAD2E6

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%#F5F5A4

Darker −20%#F0F076

Darker −30%#EBEB48

Darker −40%#E6E61A

More saturated +25%#FFFFCD

Less saturated −25%#F4F4D8

Channel breakdown

R250

G250

B210

Red250 (98%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)80%

Lightness90.2%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FA · G FA · B D2

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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