Recognised as Colour
#FAFCEF
- #FAFCEF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Ivory
#FAFCEF is a yellow with RGB values 250, 252, 239 and HSL 69°, 68%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ivory.
Colour values
#FAFCEF#FAFCEF
HEX#FAFCEF
RGBrgb(250, 252, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9882, 0.9373
RGB percentages98%, 98.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(69.2, 68.4%, 96.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.2, 5.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK0.8%, 0%, 5.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,448,751
CSS custom property--colour: #FAFCEF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.96177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness250 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.24:1
Contrast with white1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black20.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#FBFBFB
Inverted#050310
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text20.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#F1EFFC
Analogous#FCF8EF, #F3FCEF
Triadic#EFFAFC, #FCEFFA
Split complementary#EFF3FC, #F8EFFC
Tetradic#EFFCF8, #F1EFFC, #FCEFF3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G252
B239
Red250 (98%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue69.23°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness96.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR FA · G FC · B EF
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