Cornsilk

#faf4de

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cornsilk, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Cornsilk, a strong yellow at 47 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Cornsilk color values

Every conversion for #faf4de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faf4de

RGB250, 244, 222

HSL47, 74%, 93%

HSV47, 11%, 98%

CMYK0%, 2%, 11%, 2%

Lab96.12, -1.63, 11.31

XYZ84.96, 90.3, 82.06

Decimal16446686

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of cornsilk

#f4e7b8 #eeda91 #e9ce6b #e3c145 #dab321 #b4931b #8e7415 #675410 #41350a #1b1604

Tints of cornsilk

#faf5e0 #fbf5e1 #fbf6e3 #fbf6e5 #fbf7e7 #fcf7e8 #fcf8ea #fcf9ec #fcf9ee #fdfaef

Colors that go with cornsilk

Complementary#dee4fa Analogous#fae6de Analogous#f2fade Triadic#defaf4 Triadic#f4defa Split complementary#def2fa Split complementary#e6defa

Cornsilk in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 11, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faf4de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 11 2

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 14 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornsilk in css

Copy #faf4de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faf4de; }
.text { color: #faf4de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faf4de; }

How cornsilk looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Cornsilk and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #faf4de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faf4de against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornsilk on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #faf4de sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around cornsilk? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornsilk into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #faf4de and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cornsilk, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #faf4de is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.