Cornsilk

#fdf9e2

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

Cornsilk is a pale yellow, airy at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Cornsilk color values

Every conversion for #fdf9e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fdf9e2

RGB253, 249, 226

HSL51, 87%, 94%

HSV51, 11%, 99%

CMYK0%, 2%, 11%, 1%

Lab97.68, -2.48, 11.51

XYZ88.11, 94.12, 85.48

Decimal16644578

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5807 C

Shades of cornsilk

#faf0b8 #f7e88e #f4df64 #f1d63a #eecd10 #c4a90e #9a850b #716108 #473d05 #1d1902

Tints of cornsilk

#fdf9e3 #fdfae4 #fdfae6 #fdfae7 #fdfae8 #fefbe9 #fefbeb #fefbec #fefbed #fefcee

Colors that go with cornsilk

Complementary#e2e6fd Analogous#fdebe2 Analogous#f3fde2 Triadic#e2fdf9 Triadic#f9e2fd Split complementary#e2f3fd Split complementary#ebe2fd

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, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fdf9e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 11 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 14 7

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 #fdf9e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fdf9e2; }
.text { color: #fdf9e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fdf9e2; }

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 #fdf9e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fdf9e2 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 #fdf9e2 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 #fdf9e2 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 #fdf9e2 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.