CSS named color

Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2

The CSS keyword lightgoldenrodyellow is #FAFAD2. It is a pale muted yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.975, chroma 0.052 and hue 107.3°.

Relative luminance: 0.9335
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.975 · 0.052 · 107.3
Best text: Black 19.66:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FAFAD2 color codes

HEX: #FAFAD2
RGB: rgb(250, 250, 210)
HSL: hsl(60, 80%, 90%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.975 0.052 107.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.975 -0.015 0.049)
CIELAB (D65): L* 97.37, a* -6.48, b* 19.24
XYZ (D65): X 85.24, Y 93.35, Z 74.49
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 16%, 2%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FAFAD2 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.66:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.06:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

19.66:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +101
White text on it

1.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1
As text on black

19.66:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −102
As text on white

1.06:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#797855 4.53:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.57 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FAFAD2 19.66:1

It already reaches 19.66:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FAFAD2 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FAFAD2

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FAFAD2 sits at step 50.

50This color#FAFAD2

White
1.06
Black
19.66
100#EEEECD

White
1.18
Black
17.74
200#DADAB8

White
1.42
Black
14.70
300#C1C09D

White
1.85
Black
11.29
400#A4A480

White
2.56
Black
8.20
500#898964

White
3.60
Black
5.82
600#72714E

White
5.01
Black
4.18
700#5B5A39

White
7.07
Black
2.96
800#424223

White
10.31
Black
2.03
900#2B2A0F

White
14.57
Black
1.44
950#181702

White
18.06
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FAFAD2 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.117; #FAFAD2 uses 44% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.122 there: 4% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.052
sRGB edge: 0.117
Display P3 edge: 0.122
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.199
Dominant wavelength: 570 nm
Excitation purity: 18%
Chromaticity: x 0.3368, y 0.3689

This color#FAFAD2
Most vivid in sRGB#FFFD9E
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.975 0.122 107.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #fafad2;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.993 0.6511); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FAFAD2

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FDFDE9
OKLab50%#FCFDE9
OKLCH50%#FCFDE9

Black #000000

sRGB50%#7D7D69
OKLab50%#616150
OKLCH50%#616150

Its complement #F6F6FF

sRGB50%#F8F8E9
OKLab50%#F8F8E9
OKLCH50%#DFFEFE

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fafad2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fafad2 50%, white);

In use

#FAFAD2 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.66:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.06:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.06:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.06:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #797855 4.53:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.66:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.54:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.54:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.54:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FAFAD2 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 14.5; deuteranopia changes it least, 2.9.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FFF6D0 ΔE2000 3.5

Close match

Reads as pale muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFF8D3 ΔE2000 2.9

Close match

Reads as pale grayish amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFF5EF ΔE2000 14.5

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F7F7F7 ΔE2000 14.5

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F6F6FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FAFAD2 · #F6F6FF	20.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFF6D0 · #F4F7FF	18.7	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFF8D3 · #F4F6FF	18.8	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFF5EF · #F4F7F9	6.4	Harder to tell apart
Achromatopsia	#F7F7F7 · #F7F7F7	0.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FAFAD2

Its complement is #F6F6FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FAFAD2
Complement#F6F6FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFF5E7
Base#FAFAD2
+30°#E8FFE0

Analogous

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Base#FAFAD2
+120°#EDF9FF
+240°#FFF3F9

Triadic

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Base#FAFAD2
+150°#F2F7FF
+210°#FCF3FF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lightgoldenrodyellow: #fafad2;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lightgoldenrodyellow: '#fafad2',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-lightgoldenrodyellow: oklch(0.975 0.052 107.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lightgoldenrodyellow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9804, 0.9804, 0.8235],
        "hex": "#fafad2"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lightgoldenrodyellow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lightgoldenrodyellow = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.980, green: 0.980, blue: 0.824, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lightgoldenrodyellow = Color(0xFFFAFAD2)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2

#FAFAD2 color codes

Contrast: is #FAFAD2 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FAFAD2 live

Shades and tints of #FAFAD2

How vivid #FAFAD2 can get

Mixing #FAFAD2

#FAFAD2 in an interface

How #FAFAD2 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FAFAD2

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FAFAD2 in the tools