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Light Goldenrod Yellow

Hex #FAFAD2, rgb(250 250 210). A yellow CSS named color.

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About Light Goldenrod Yellow

Light Goldenrod Yellow is a very light muted yellow with the hex code #FAFAD2. In RGB it is made of 250 red, 250 green and 210 blue; in HSL its hue is 60°, with 80% saturation and 90% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 97.5%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "lightgoldenrodyellow" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.07:1 and against black 19.67:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Light Goldenrod Yellow mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Light Goldenrod Yellow 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Light Goldenrod Yellow

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Light Goldenrod Yellow with white and black. The readable text color on Light Goldenrod Yellow is black.

Light Goldenrod Yellow textSmall text on white

On white1.07:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large fail
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 0

Light Goldenrod Yellow textSmall text on black

On black19.67:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA pass
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -103

Black text on Light Goldenrod Yellow (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Light Goldenrod Yellow appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#FFF6D0
  • Deuteranopia#FFF8D3
  • Tritanopia#FFF5EF
  • Protanomaly#FFF7D1
  • Deuteranomaly#FFF9D3
  • Tritanomaly#FCF8E0
  • Achromatopsia#F7F7F7

Colors similar to Light Goldenrod Yellow

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Light Goldenrod Yellow in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.light-goldenrod-yellow {
  color: lightgoldenrodyellow; /* #FAFAD2 */
  background-color: rgb(250 250 210);
  border-color: oklch(97.5% 0.052 107.3);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-light-goldenrod-yellow-500, text-light-goldenrod-yellow-700... */
@theme {
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-50: #FAFAD2;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-100: #F2F090;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-200: #E7DF00;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-300: #CAC300;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-400: #A49F00;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-500: #8D8800;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-600: #797500;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-700: #615E00;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-800: #4E4B00;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-900: #3F3D00;
  --color-light-goldenrod-yellow-950: #181700;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#FAFAD2] text-[#000000]">…</div>