#FAF6D8#FAF6D8

#FAF6D8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.912; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.039 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF6D8
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 216)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.49, -3.58, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.49, 15.35, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(96.85% -0.0074 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(96.85% 0.039 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(84.7737, 91.1942, 78.0888)
Luminance	0.9119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF6D8 #D8DCFA

analogous

#FAE5D8 #FAF6D8 #EDFAD8

triadic

#FAF6D8 #D8FAF6 #F6D8FA

tetradic

#FAF6D8 #D8FAE5 #D8DCFA #FAD8ED

square

#FAF6D8 #D8FAE5 #D8DCFA #FAD8ED

split-complementary

#FAF6D8 #D8EDFA #E5D8FA

monochromatic

#ECDD6C #F3E9A2 #FAF6D8 #FCF9E4 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FAF6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.24

#FAF6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF6D8

19.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF6D8	1.00	1.09	19.24	19.24
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCF4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.039 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf9e4',
    500: '#faf6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf6d8;
$custom-light: #fcf9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96848,
    "c": 0.03938,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.91193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF6D8

secondary

#969FE0

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF6D8

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

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