Information about #FAF9DE color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored golden yellow, #FAF9DE radiates an almost-white brightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chilean Heath (#F9F7DE). Slightly further away sit Soft Cream (#F9F9E0) and Promenade (#F8F6DF).
The recipe behind #FAF9DE is rgb(250, 249, 222), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 19.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FAF9DE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#FAF9DE color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#FAF9DE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#FAF9DE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#FAF9DE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#FAF9DE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#FAF9DE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #FAF9DE color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #FAF9DE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#F9F7DE
#F9F9E0
#F8F6DF
#FBF4DF
#FCF9D9
#FFF8DC
#FCF4DC
#FBF6D9
#FDF4DC
#FFF9E2
#FFF8E2
#F5F5DC
#FAF9DE color backgrounds & wallpapers
Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.
Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FAF9DE
- RGB250, 249, 222
- CMYK0, 0, 11, 2
- CSSrgb(250, 249, 222)
- HSL58°, 74%, 93%
- HSL Precise57.857°, 73.684%, 92.549%
- HSV58°, 11%, 98%
- HSB58°, 11%, 98%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.976
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
- GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.976, 0.871)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.976, 0.871, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.976, 0.871)
- Percentage of Red in RGB98%
- Percentage of Green in RGB97.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLuminous
- HEX IDFAF9DE
- DECIMAL ID16447966
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
