Vanilla Screen
A full-screen solid vanilla color (#F3E5AB). Fill your whole display, or download the vanilla screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a vanilla screen?
A vanilla screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Vanilla, hex #F3E5AB, or rgb(243, 229, 171). It is a very light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 48° hue, 75% saturation and 81% lightness, and its relative luminance is 78.0%. The closest standard CSS color is Pale Goldenrod (#EEE8AA).
Vanilla screen at a glance
How a full-screen vanilla (#F3E5AB) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 78% of a white screen | Bright enough to use as a light source or fill light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | low (20% of its light) | Less blue than a white screen (33%). |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 16.6:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | red at full power | A dead red sub-pixel shows as a dark dot. |
What people use a vanilla screen for
Because Vanilla is so light, a vanilla screen doubles as a soft light source: prop a phone or tablet beside you as fill light on a video call, use it as a gentle reading light, or as a backlit surface for tracing.
As a saturated color, vanilla makes a bold backdrop for product photos, thumbnails and streams, and a strong mood light for a desk or party.
Yellow screens are bright and warm, useful as a cheerful ambient light, a low-blue reading light in the evening, or an attention-grabbing background for signage and photos. A full yellow field drives the red and green sub-pixels at once, so any pixel that stays dark or blue-tinted stands out immediately.
As a test pattern, a flat vanilla field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#F3E5AB) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the vanilla screen
The color is already set to Vanilla (#F3E5AB). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with vanilla; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — a bright color like this makes a great 1080 × 1920 phone light or a 3840 × 2160 TV fill — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as vanilla-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat vanilla image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Vanilla screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.26:1 · against black text 16.61:1. See the full Vanilla color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a vanilla screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a vanilla wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Vanilla on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from vanilla in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
Popular color screens
The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
Colors similar to Vanilla
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Vanilla screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a vanilla screen?
A vanilla screen uses the color Vanilla, hex #F3E5AB — rgb(243, 229, 171). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value. The nearest standard CSS name is Pale Goldenrod (#EEE8AA).
How do I make my whole screen vanilla?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with vanilla and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a vanilla screen?
A vanilla screen gives off about 78% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, so it works well as a light source or fill light. About 20% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as low blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a vanilla screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 16.6:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.