#FAF6DC#FAF6DC

#FAF6DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.914; OKLCH L 96.9% C 0.034 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF6DC
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 220)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(52, 12%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.58, -2.96, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.58, 13.32, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(96.94% -0.0058 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(96.94% 0.034 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(85.2971, 91.4036, 80.8454)
Luminance	0.9140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF6DC #DCE0FA

analogous

#FAE7DC #FAF6DC #EFFADC

triadic

#FAF6DC #DCFAF6 #F6DCFA

tetradic

#FAF6DC #DCFAE7 #DCE0FA #FADCEF

square

#FAF6DC #DCFAE7 #DCE0FA #FADCEF

split-complementary

#FAF6DC #DCEFFA #E7DCFA

monochromatic

#EBDA71 #F2E8A6 #FAF6DC #FBF8E4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FAF6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.28

#FAF6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF6DC

19.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF6DC	1.00	1.09	19.28	19.28
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBF4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDF6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.9% 0.034 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf9e6',
    500: '#faf6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf6dc;
$custom-light: #fcf9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 92.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96944,
    "c": 0.03427,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.91403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF6DC

secondary

#9BA4E0

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF6DC

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

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