#FAF8A2#FAF8A2

#FAF8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.901; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.107 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8A2
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 162)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 35.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.03, -11.74, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.03, 43.22, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(96.16% -0.0315 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(96.16% 0.107 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.5142, 90.0690, 47.3718)
Luminance	0.9007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8A2 #A2A4FA

analogous

#FACCA2 #FAF8A2 #D0FAA2

triadic

#FAF8A2 #A2FAF8 #F8A2FA

tetradic

#FAF8A2 #A2FACC #A2A4FA #FAA2D0

square

#FAF8A2 #A2FACC #A2A4FA #FAA2D0

split-complementary

#FAF8A2 #A2D0FA #CCA2FA

monochromatic

#F4EF2E #F7F468 #FAF8A2 #FDFCDC #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAF8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.01

#FAF8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8A2

19.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8A2	1.00	1.10	19.01	19.01
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.107 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfabe',
    500: '#faf8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8a2;
$custom-light: #fdfabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 89.796,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96162,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.90067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8A2

secondary

#6467DC

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8A2

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

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