Light Goldenrod Yellow is the CSS named color #FAFAD2 — rgb(250, 250, 210), hsl(60, 80%, 90%). Its relative luminance is 0.933, giving 1.07:1 against white and 19.67:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #FAFAD2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 250, 210) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 80%, 90%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.9335 |
| Contrast on white | 1.07:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 19.67:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing lightgoldenrodyellow toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
lightgoldenrodyellow is #FAFAD2, which is rgb(250, 250, 210) and hsl(60, 80%, 90%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Light Goldenrod Yellow has a relative luminance of 0.933 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a light color. Against white it scores 1.07:1; against black, 19.67:1.
lightgoldenrodyellow reaches 19.67:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.