Colour
#FAFDE6
- #FAFDE6
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Beige
#FAFDE6 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 253, 230 and HSL 68°, 85%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.
Colour values
#FAFDE6#FAFDE6
HEX#FAFDE6
RGBrgb(250, 253, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9922, 0.902
RGB percentages98%, 99.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(67.8, 85.2%, 94.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67.8, 9.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK1.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,448,998
CSS custom property--colour: #FAFDE6;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.96288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness249.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.26:1
Contrast with white1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black20.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#FBFBFB
Inverted#050219
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 text20.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E9E6FD
Analogous#FDF5E6, #EEFDE6
Triadic#E6FAFD, #FDE6FA
Split complementary#E6EEFD, #F4E6FD
Tetradic#E6FDF4, #E9E6FD, #FDE6EE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R250
G253
B230
Red250 (98%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue67.83°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness94.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR FA · G FD · B E6
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