#FAF2BD#FAF2BD

#FAF2BD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.069 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF2BD
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 189)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(52, 24%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 24.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.95, -5.44, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.95, 27.16, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(95.46% -0.0124 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(95.46% 0.069 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(80.3619, 87.5038, 60.7908)
Luminance	0.8750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF2BD #BDC5FA

analogous

#FAD3BD #FAF2BD #E3FABD

triadic

#FAF2BD #BDFAF2 #F2BDFA

tetradic

#FAF2BD #BDFAD3 #BDC5FA #FABDE3

square

#FAF2BD #BDFAD3 #BDC5FA #FABDE3

split-complementary

#FAF2BD #BDE3FA #D3BDFA

monochromatic

#F1DC4B #F6E784 #FAF2BD #FDF9E3 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.50

#FAF2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF2BD

18.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF2BD	1.00	1.14	18.50	18.50
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.069 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf6d1',
    500: '#faf2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf2bd;
$custom-light: #fcf6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95457,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF2BD

secondary

#7D89DF

accent

#20E203

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF2BD

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

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