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Introduction

The purpose of this page is to display luminosity contrast ratios for all web safe colours against a web safe background colour. The results are shown in a table that also includes the difference in brightness, and the difference in colour that are used by the colour contrast analyser for comparison. To test the luminosity contrast ratio for any colour combination, use the luminosity contrast ratio analyser.

The following icons are used in the results to indicate whether or not the result of a calculation is a pass.

Key for the Icons
Icon Meaning
Fail Indicates the value shown is a failure.
Pass Indicates the value shown is a pass.
Level AA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AA pass for large text (at least 18 point or 14 point bold)
Level AAA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AAA pass for large text (at least 18 point or 14 point bold)
Level AA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AA pass for regular text.
Level AAA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AAA pass for regular text.

Luminosity Contrast Ratios for #ffc

The following table shows the luminosity contrast ratios for all web safe colours with a background colour of #ffc, along with the difference in brightness and the difference in colour used by the colour contrast analyser for comparison.

Luminosity Ratios with background: #ffc
Foreground Colour Sample Luminosity Contrast Ratio Difference in Brightness Difference in Colour
#000 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text20.43
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 249 Pass 714
#003 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text19.50
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 243 Pass 663
#006 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text17.14
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 237 Pass 612
#009 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.99
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 231 Pass 561
#00c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.91
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 225 Pass 510
#00f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.36
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 220 Pass 561
#030 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.86
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 219 Pass 663
#033 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.43
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 213 Pass 612
#036 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.27
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 207 Pass 561
#039 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.57
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 201 Pass 510
#03c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.71
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 195 Fail 459
#03f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.00
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 190 Pass 510
#060 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.04
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 189 Pass 612
#063 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.93
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 183 Pass 561
#066 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.61
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 177 Pass 510
#069 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.08
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 171 Fail 459
#06c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.41
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 166 Fail 408
#06f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.70
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 160 Fail 459
#090 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.68
Fail fo regular text
Pass 159 Pass 561
#093 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.65
Fail fo regular text
Pass 153 Pass 510
#096 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.55
Fail fo regular text
Pass 147 Fail 459
#099 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.40
Fail fo regular text
Pass 141 Fail 408
#09c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.18
Fail fo regular text
Pass 136 Fail 357
#09f Sample Fail2.92
Fail
Pass 130 Fail 408
#0c0 Sample Fail2.12
Fail
Pass 129 Pass 510
#0c3 Sample Fail2.11
Fail
Fail 123 Fail 459
#0c6 Sample Fail2.08
Fail
Fail 117 Fail 408
#0c9 Sample Fail2.02
Fail
Fail 111 Fail 357
#0cc Sample Fail1.94
Fail
Fail 106 Fail 306
#0cf Sample Fail1.84
Fail
Fail 100 Fail 357
#0f0 Sample Fail1.33
Fail
Fail 99 Fail 459
#0f3 Sample Fail1.33
Fail
Fail 93 Fail 408
#0f6 Sample Fail1.32
Fail
Fail 87 Fail 357
#0f9 Sample Fail1.30
Fail
Fail 82 Fail 306
#0fc Sample Fail1.26
Fail
Fail 76 Fail 255
#0ff Sample Fail1.22
Fail
Fail 70 Fail 306
#300 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text17.91
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 233 Pass 663
#303 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text17.19
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 228 Pass 612
#306 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text15.33
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 222 Pass 561
#309 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.76
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 216 Pass 510
#30c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.15
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 210 Fail 459
#30f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.90
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 204 Pass 510
#330 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.65
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 204 Pass 612
#333 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.29
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 198 Pass 561
#336 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text11.31
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 192 Pass 510
#339 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.85
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 186 Fail 459
#33c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.22
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 180 Fail 408
#33f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.68
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 174 Fail 459
#360 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.72
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 174 Pass 561
#363 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.61
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 168 Pass 510
#366 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.32
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 162 Fail 459
#369 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.83
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 156 Fail 408
#36c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.22
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 150 Fail 357
#36f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.55
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 144 Fail 408
#390 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.59
Fail fo regular text
Pass 144 Pass 510
#393 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.56
Fail fo regular text
Pass 138 Fail 459
#396 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.47
Fail fo regular text
Pass 132 Fail 408
#399 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.32
Fail fo regular text
Pass 126 Fail 357
#39c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.11
Fail fo regular text
Fail 120 Fail 306
#39f Sample Fail2.86
Fail
Fail 115 Fail 357
#3c0 Sample Fail2.09
Fail
Fail 114 Fail 459
#3c3 Sample Fail2.08
Fail
Fail 108 Fail 408
#3c6 Sample Fail2.05
Fail
Fail 102 Fail 357
#3c9 Sample Fail2.00
Fail
Fail 96 Fail 306
#3cc Sample Fail1.92
Fail
Fail 90 Fail 255
#3cf Sample Fail1.82
Fail
Fail 85 Fail 306
#3f0 Sample Fail1.32
Fail
Fail 84 Fail 408
#3f3 Sample Fail1.32
Fail
Fail 78 Fail 357
#3f6 Sample Fail1.31
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 306
#3f9 Sample Fail1.28
Fail
Fail 66 Fail 255
#3fc Sample Fail1.25
Fail
Fail 60 Fail 204
#3ff Sample Fail1.21
Fail
Fail 55 Fail 255
#600 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.05
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 218 Pass 612
#603 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.67
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 212 Pass 561
#606 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text11.63
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 207 Pass 510
#609 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.09
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 201 Fail 459
#60c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.38
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 195 Fail 408
#60f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.79
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 189 Fail 459
#630 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.02
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 188 Pass 561
#633 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.79
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 182 Pass 510
#636 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.16
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 177 Fail 459
#639 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.18
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 171 Fail 408
#63c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.02
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 165 Fail 357
#63f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.87
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 159 Fail 408
#660 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.89
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 158 Pass 510
#663 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.81
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 153 Fail 459
#666 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.59
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 147 Fail 408
#669 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.20
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 141 Fail 357
#66c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.71
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 135 Fail 306
#66f Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.16
Fail fo regular text
Pass 129 Fail 357
#690 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.34
Fail fo regular text
Pass 128 Fail 459
#693 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.31
Fail fo regular text
Fail 123 Fail 408
#696 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.24
Fail fo regular text
Fail 117 Fail 357
#699 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.10
Fail fo regular text
Fail 111 Fail 306
#69c Sample Fail2.92
Fail
Fail 105 Fail 255
#69f Sample Fail2.70
Fail
Fail 99 Fail 306
#6c0 Sample Fail2.00
Fail
Fail 98 Fail 408
#6c3 Sample Fail1.99
Fail
Fail 93 Fail 357
#6c6 Sample Fail1.97
Fail
Fail 87 Fail 306
#6c9 Sample Fail1.92
Fail
Fail 81 Fail 255
#6cc Sample Fail1.84
Fail
Fail 75 Fail 204
#6cf Sample Fail1.75
Fail
Fail 69 Fail 255
#6f0 Sample Fail1.29
Fail
Fail 69 Fail 357
#6f3 Sample Fail1.28
Fail
Fail 63 Fail 306
#6f6 Sample Fail1.27
Fail
Fail 57 Fail 255
#6f9 Sample Fail1.25
Fail
Fail 51 Fail 204
#6fc Sample Fail1.22
Fail
Fail 45 Fail 153
#6ff Sample Fail1.18
Fail
Fail 39 Fail 204
#900 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.68
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 203 Pass 561
#903 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.50
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 197 Pass 510
#906 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.02
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 191 Fail 459
#909 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.26
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 185 Fail 408
#90c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.33
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 180 Fail 357
#90f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.38
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 174 Fail 408
#930 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.22
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 173 Pass 510
#933 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.10
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 167 Fail 459
#936 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.76
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 161 Fail 408
#939 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.21
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 156 Fail 357
#93c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.52
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 150 Fail 306
#93f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.78
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 144 Fail 357
#960 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.80
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 143 Fail 459
#963 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.75
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 137 Fail 408
#966 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.59
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 131 Fail 357
#969 Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.33
Fail fo regular text
Pass 126 Fail 306
#96c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.98
Fail fo regular text
Fail 120 Fail 255
#96f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.58
Fail fo regular text
Fail 114 Fail 306
#990 Sample Fail2.96
Fail
Fail 113 Fail 408
#993 Sample Fail2.94
Fail
Fail 107 Fail 357
#996 Sample Fail2.88
Fail
Fail 102 Fail 306
#999 Sample Fail2.77
Fail
Fail 96 Fail 255
#99c Sample Fail2.62
Fail
Fail 90 Fail 204
#99f Sample Fail2.45
Fail
Fail 84 Fail 255
#9c0 Sample Fail1.86
Fail
Fail 83 Fail 357
#9c3 Sample Fail1.85
Fail
Fail 77 Fail 306
#9c6 Sample Fail1.83
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 255
#9c9 Sample Fail1.78
Fail
Fail 66 Fail 204
#9cc Sample Fail1.72
Fail
Fail 60 Fail 153
#9cf Sample Fail1.64
Fail
Fail 54 Fail 204
#9f0 Sample Fail1.23
Fail
Fail 53 Fail 306
#9f3 Sample Fail1.22
Fail
Fail 47 Fail 255
#9f6 Sample Fail1.21
Fail
Fail 42 Fail 204
#9f9 Sample Fail1.19
Fail
Fail 36 Fail 153
#9fc Sample Fail1.17
Fail
Fail 30 Fail 102
#9ff Sample Fail1.13
Fail
Fail 24 Fail 153
#c00 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.73
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 188 Pass 510
#c03 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.65
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 182 Fail 459
#c06 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.43
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 176 Fail 408
#c09 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.07
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 170 Fail 357
#c0c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.60
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 164 Fail 306
#c0f Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.08
Fail fo regular text
Pass 159 Fail 357
#c30 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.06
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 158 Fail 459
#c33 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.00
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 152 Fail 408
#c36 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.83
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 146 Fail 357
#c39 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.54
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 140 Fail 306
#c3c Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.16
Fail fo regular text
Pass 134 Fail 255
#c3f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.72
Fail fo regular text
Pass 129 Fail 306
#c60 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.74
Fail fo regular text
Pass 128 Fail 408
#c63 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.70
Fail fo regular text
Fail 122 Fail 357
#c66 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.61
Fail fo regular text
Fail 116 Fail 306
#c69 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.45
Fail fo regular text
Fail 110 Fail 255
#c6c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.22
Fail fo regular text
Fail 105 Fail 204
#c6f Sample Fail2.96
Fail
Fail 99 Fail 255
#c90 Sample Fail2.51
Fail
Fail 98 Fail 357
#c93 Sample Fail2.50
Fail
Fail 92 Fail 306
#c96 Sample Fail2.46
Fail
Fail 86 Fail 255
#c99 Sample Fail2.38
Fail
Fail 80 Fail 204
#c9c Sample Fail2.27
Fail
Fail 75 Fail 153
#c9f Sample Fail2.14
Fail
Fail 69 Fail 204
#cc0 Sample Fail1.67
Fail
Fail 68 Fail 306
#cc3 Sample Fail1.67
Fail
Fail 62 Fail 255
#cc6 Sample Fail1.65
Fail
Fail 56 Fail 204
#cc9 Sample Fail1.61
Fail
Fail 51 Fail 153
#ccc Sample Fail1.56
Fail
Fail 45 Fail 102
#ccf Sample Fail1.50
Fail
Fail 39 Fail 153
#cf0 Sample Fail1.14
Fail
Fail 38 Fail 255
#cf3 Sample Fail1.14
Fail
Fail 32 Fail 204
#cf6 Sample Fail1.13
Fail
Fail 26 Fail 153
#cf9 Sample Fail1.11
Fail
Fail 21 Fail 102
#cfc Sample Fail1.09
Fail
Fail 15 Fail 51
#cff Sample Fail1.06
Fail
Fail 9 Fail 102
#f00 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.89
Fail fo regular text
Pass 172 Fail 459
#f03 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.85
Fail fo regular text
Pass 167 Fail 408
#f06 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.75
Fail fo regular text
Pass 161 Fail 357
#f09 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.58
Fail fo regular text
Pass 155 Fail 306
#f0c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.34
Fail fo regular text
Pass 149 Fail 255
#f0f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.05
Fail fo regular text
Pass 143 Fail 306
#f30 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.57
Fail fo regular text
Pass 143 Fail 408
#f33 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.54
Fail fo regular text
Pass 137 Fail 357
#f36 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.45
Fail fo regular text
Pass 131 Fail 306
#f39 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.30
Fail fo regular text
Fail 125 Fail 255
#f3c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.10
Fail fo regular text
Fail 119 Fail 204
#f3f Sample Fail2.85
Fail
Fail 113 Fail 255
#f60 Sample Fail2.86
Fail
Fail 113 Fail 357
#f63 Sample Fail2.84
Fail
Fail 107 Fail 306
#f66 Sample Fail2.78
Fail
Fail 101 Fail 255
#f69 Sample Fail2.68
Fail
Fail 95 Fail 204
#f6c Sample Fail2.55
Fail
Fail 89 Fail 153
#f6f Sample Fail2.38
Fail
Fail 83 Fail 204
#f90 Sample Fail2.08
Fail
Fail 83 Fail 306
#f93 Sample Fail2.07
Fail
Fail 77 Fail 255
#f96 Sample Fail2.04
Fail
Fail 71 Fail 204
#f99 Sample Fail1.99
Fail
Fail 65 Fail 153
#f9c Sample Fail1.91
Fail
Fail 59 Fail 102
#f9f Sample Fail1.82
Fail
Fail 54 Fail 153
#fc0 Sample Fail1.47
Fail
Fail 53 Fail 255
#fc3 Sample Fail1.47
Fail
Fail 47 Fail 204
#fc6 Sample Fail1.45
Fail
Fail 41 Fail 153
#fc9 Sample Fail1.42
Fail
Fail 35 Fail 102
#fcc Sample Fail1.38
Fail
Fail 29 Fail 51
#fcf Sample Fail1.33
Fail
Fail 24 Fail 102
#ff0 Sample Fail1.04
Fail
Fail 23 Fail 204
#ff3 Sample Fail1.04
Fail
Fail 17 Fail 153
#ff6 Sample Fail1.03
Fail
Fail 11 Fail 102
#ff9 Sample Fail1.02
Fail
Fail 5 Fail 51
#ffc Sample Fail1.00
Fail
Fail 0 Fail 0
#fff Sample Fail1.03
Fail
Fail 5 Fail 51