#fafa9b

Color #fafa9b

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.59 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#fafa9b

RGB

rgb(250, 250, 155)

HSL

hsl(60, 90.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 38%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 38%, 2%)

LAB

lab(96.44, -13.48, 45.55)

LCH

lch(96.44, 47.5, 106.49)

OKLCH

oklch(96.5%, 0.1171, 108.42)

HWB

hwb(60, 60.8%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9bfa

Analogous

#faca9b

#fafa9b

#cafa9b

Triadic

#fafa9b

#9bfafa

#fa9bfa

Split-complementary

#fafa9b

#9bcafa

#ca9bfa

Tetradic

#fafa9b

#9bfa9b

#9b9bfa

#fa9bfa

Square

#fafa9b

#9bfaca

#9b9bfa

#fa9bca

Shades

Color #fafa9b mixed toward black.

#f7f75b

#f4f41a

#c1c10a

#818106

#404003

Tints

Color #fafa9b mixed toward white.

#fbfbac

#fcfcbc

#fdfdcd

#fdfdde

#fefeee

Tones

Color #fafa9b mixed toward gray.

#f2f2a3

#eaeaab

#e2e2b3

#dadabb

#d2d2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#fafab8 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#fafabe · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#facbcf · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#f5f5f5 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #fafa9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fafa9b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#fafa9b (#fafa9b) is rgb(250, 250, 155) in RGB.

No, #fafa9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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