#FAF8A4#FAF8A4

#FAF8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.901; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.105 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8A4
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 164)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.06, -11.51, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.06, 42.25, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(96.2% -0.0307 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(96.2% 0.105 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.6934, 90.1407, 48.3155)
Luminance	0.9014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8A4 #A4A6FA

analogous

#FACDA4 #FAF8A4 #D1FAA4

triadic

#FAF8A4 #A4FAF8 #F8A4FA

tetradic

#FAF8A4 #A4FACD #A4A6FA #FAA4D1

square

#FAF8A4 #A4FACD #A4A6FA #FAA4D1

split-complementary

#FAF8A4 #A4D1FA #CDA4FA

monochromatic

#F4EF30 #F7F46A #FAF8A4 #FDFCDE #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAF8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.03

#FAF8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8A4

19.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8A4	1.00	1.10	19.03	19.03
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.105 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfac0',
    500: '#faf8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8a4;
$custom-light: #fdfac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 89.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96195,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.90139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8A4

secondary

#6669DC

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8A4

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

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