#FAF8A3#FAF8A3

#FAF8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.901; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.106 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8A3
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 163)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.04, -11.63, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.04, 42.74, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(96.18% -0.0311 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(96.18% 0.106 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.6035, 90.1047, 47.8418)
Luminance	0.9010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8A3 #A3A5FA

analogous

#FACCA3 #FAF8A3 #D0FAA3

triadic

#FAF8A3 #A3FAF8 #F8A3FA

tetradic

#FAF8A3 #A3FACC #A3A5FA #FAA3D0

square

#FAF8A3 #A3FACC #A3A5FA #FAA3D0

split-complementary

#FAF8A3 #A3D0FA #CCA3FA

monochromatic

#F4EF2F #F7F469 #FAF8A3 #FDFCDD #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAF8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.02

#FAF8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8A3

19.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8A3	1.00	1.10	19.02	19.02
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.106 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfabf',
    500: '#faf8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8a3;
$custom-light: #fdfabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 89.691,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96178,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.90103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8A3

secondary

#6568DC

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8A3

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

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