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#f6f6ef -- right in the HTML

I think the parent was saying "I like a color somewhat similar to FT's background," not "I wish I could have FT's background color but I can't figure out how to get it."

GGP explicitly asked for the HN background color at the end of his comment.

Firefox has a handy color picker called Eyedropper in its Browser Tools menu. I'm not sure about other browsers.

> I do have font preferences but my greater preference is background color.

Same here, I always want #000 on #FFF, so that I can take full advantage of my display’s contrast ratio.

On paper or e-ink, this approach makes sense.

On a backlit screen, maximum contrast ratio also means maximum difference in the amount of light emitted, which can be unpleasant.

HN's background is too light. Try #EDD1B0 instead (R 237 G 209 B 176).