#FAF0CD#FAF0CD

#FAF0CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.871; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.047 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF0CD
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 205)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 18%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.76, -2.20, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.76, 18.28, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(95.41% -0.0032 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(95.41% 0.047 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(81.6034, 87.0532, 70.2499)
Luminance	0.8705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF0CD #CDD7FA

analogous

#FADACD #FAF0CD #EEFACD

triadic

#FAF0CD #CDFAF0 #F0CDFA

tetradic

#FAF0CD #CDFADA #CDD7FA #FACDEE

square

#FAF0CD #CDFADA #CDD7FA #FACDEE

split-complementary

#FAF0CD #CDEEFA #DACDFA

monochromatic

#EFCF5E #F4DF95 #FAF0CD #FCF7E3 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.41

#FAF0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF0CD

18.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF0CD	1.00	1.14	18.41	18.41
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8EECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBF1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.047 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4dc',
    500: '#faf0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf0cd;
$custom-light: #fcf4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95409,
    "c": 0.04686,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF0CD

secondary

#8C9EE0

accent

#37DE07

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF0CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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