CSS named color

Cornsilk #FFF8DC

The CSS keyword cornsilk is #FFF8DC. It is a pale grayish amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.977, chroma 0.037 and hue 95.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.9356
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.977 · 0.037 · 95.4
Best text: Black 19.71:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFF8DC color codes

HEX: #FFF8DC
RGB: rgb(255, 248, 220)
HSL: hsl(48, 100%, 93%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.977 0.037 95.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.977 -0.004 0.037)
CIELAB (D65): L* 97.46, a* -2.22, b* 14.29
XYZ (D65): X 87.72, Y 93.56, Z 81.13
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 3%, 14%, 0%)

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 #FFF8DC accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.71:1, 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.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

19.71:1
- 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

19.71:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −103
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

#7C755D 4.60:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFF8DC 19.71:1

It already reaches 19.71:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FFF8DC 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 #FFF8DC

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFF8DC sits at step 50.

50This color#FFF8DC

White
1.06
Black
19.71
100#F1ECD5

White
1.18
Black
17.69
200#DED8C0

White
1.42
Black
14.68
300#C4BEA5

White
1.86
Black
11.25
400#A8A288

White
2.56
Black
8.18
500#8D866D

White
3.64
Black
5.76
600#756F56

White
5.04
Black
4.16
700#5E5841

White
7.12
Black
2.94
800#45402B

White
10.38
Black
2.02
900#2E2917

White
14.52
Black
1.44
950#1A1607

White
18.07
Black
1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFF8DC can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.037; #FFF8DC uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.044 there: 19% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.037
sRGB edge: 0.037
Display P3 edge: 0.044
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.071
Dominant wavelength: 574 nm
Excitation purity: 14%
Chromaticity: x 0.3343, y 0.3565

This color#FFF8DC
Most vivid in sRGB#FFF8DC
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.977 0.044 95.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #fff8dc;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9739 0.855); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFF8DC

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%#FFFCEE
OKLab50%#FFFCEE
OKLCH50%#FFFCEE

Black #000000

sRGB50%#807C6E
OKLab50%#636054
OKLCH50%#636054

Its complement #F5F7FF

sRGB50%#FAF8EE
OKLab50%#FAF8EE
OKLCH50%#E7FDFA

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fff8dc, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fff8dc 50%, white);

In use

#FFF8DC 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, 4.5:119.71:1 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 #7C755D 4.60:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.71:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.58:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.58:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.58:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFF8DC looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 11.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 0.5.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FEF6DA ΔE2000 0.6

Imperceptible

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFF9DD ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as pale grayish amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFF4F0 ΔE2000 11.1

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F8F8F8 ΔE2000 11.0

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F5F7FF. 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	#FFF8DC · #F5F7FF	15.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FEF6DA · #F5F8FF	15.2	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFF9DD · #F4F7FF	15.7	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFF4F0 · #F3F8F9	7.4	Harder to tell apart
Achromatopsia	#F8F8F8 · #F7F7F7	0.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFF8DC

Its complement is #F5F7FF, an off-white.

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

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Base#FFF8DC
Complement#F5F7FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFF6ED
Base#FFF8DC
+30°#F1FDE2

Analogous

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Base#FFF8DC
+120°#EBFBFF
+240°#FFF4FC

Triadic

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Base#FFF8DC
+150°#F1F9FF
+210°#FAF5FF

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-cornsilk: #fff8dc;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        cornsilk: '#fff8dc',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-cornsilk: oklch(0.977 0.037 95.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "cornsilk": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.9725, 0.8627],
        "hex": "#fff8dc"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color cornsilk"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let cornsilk = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.973, blue: 0.863, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Cornsilk = Color(0xFFFFF8DC)
}

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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Cornsilk #FFF8DC

#FFF8DC color codes

Contrast: is #FFF8DC 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 #FFF8DC live

Shades and tints of #FFF8DC

How vivid #FFF8DC can get

Mixing #FFF8DC

#FFF8DC in an interface

How #FFF8DC looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFF8DC

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

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