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Recognised as Colour

#FAFFDC

  • #FAFFDC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light yellow

#FAFFDC is a yellow with RGB values 250, 255, 220 and HSL 69°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light yellow.

Colour values

#FAFFDC#FAFFDC
HEX#FAFFDC
RGBrgb(250, 255, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 1, 0.8627
RGB percentages98%, 100%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(68.6, 100%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.6, 13.7%, 100%)
CMYK2%, 0%, 13.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,449,500
CSS custom property--colour: #FAFFDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.97011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness249.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.4:1
Contrast with white1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black20.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#FBFBFB
Inverted#050023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFFBDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFFCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFFBF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text20.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light yellow · ΔE 2.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 3.5Cornsilk · ΔE 5.7Beige · ΔE 6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.5Papaya whip · ΔE 9.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight yellow (#FFFFE0)ΔE 2.75, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1DCFF
Analogous#FFF3DC, #E9FFDC
Triadic#DCFAFF, #FFDCFA
Split complementary#DCE8FF, #F3DCFF
Tetradic#DCFFF3, #E1DCFF, #FFDCE8

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%#F3FFA9
Darker −20%#EBFF76
Darker −30%#E4FF43
Darker −40%#DDFF10
More saturated +25%#FAFFDC
Less saturated −25%#F7FBE0

Channel breakdown

R250
G255
B220
Red250 (98%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue68.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR FA · G FF · B DC

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