Light Goldenrod Yellow color (#FAFAD2)
Light Goldenrod Yellow is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightgoldenrodyellow
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FAFAD2, which is rgb(250, 250, 210) in RGB.
It is a very light, muted warm color with a hue angle of 60° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 98% in OKLCH. On a light goldenrod yellow background, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.66:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Light Goldenrod Yellow color codes
| CSS name | lightgoldenrodyellow |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FAFAD2 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FAFAD2FF |
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| RGB | rgb(250, 250, 210) |
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| HSL | hsl(60, 80%, 90%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(60, 16%, 98%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(97.5% 0.0518 107.3) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 16%, 2%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light goldenrod yellow used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of light goldenrod yellow
Tints mix light goldenrod yellow with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with light goldenrod yellow
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Light Goldenrod Yellow with color blindness
Approximately how light goldenrod yellow appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using light goldenrod yellow in CSS
.element {
color: lightgoldenrodyellow;
background-color: #fafad2;
border-color: rgb(250 250 210 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(97.5% 0.0518 107.3);
}Similar named colors
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