Recognised as Colour

#FAFDE1

#FAFDE1
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Light yellow

#FAFDE1 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 253, 225 and HSL 66°, 88%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light yellow.

Colour values

#FAFDE1#FAFDE1

HEX#FAFDE1

RGBrgb(250, 253, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9922, 0.8824

RGB percentages98%, 99.2%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(66.4, 87.5%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.4, 11.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK1.2%, 0%, 11.1%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,448,993

CSS custom property--colour: #FAFDE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.96011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness249.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.2:1

Contrast with white1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FAFAFA

Inverted#05021E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFFADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFFBE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FEF9F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light yellow · ΔE 2 Beige · ΔE 3.1 Cornsilk · ΔE 3.8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.3 Ivory · ΔE 6.8 Old lace · ΔE 7.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight yellow (#FFFFE0)ΔE 2.04, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4E1FD

Analogous#FDF2E1, #ECFDE1

Triadic#E1FAFD, #FDE1FA

Split complementary#E1ECFD, #F2E1FD

Tetradic#E1FDF2, #E4E1FD, #FDE1EC

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%#F2FAB1

Darker −20%#EAF781

Darker −30%#E2F352

Darker −40%#DAF022

More saturated +25%#FCFFDF

Less saturated −25%#F7F9E5

Channel breakdown

R250

G253

B225

Red250 (98%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue66.43°

Saturation (HSL)87.5%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR FA · G FD · B E1

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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