#FAF8A5#FAF8A5

#FAF8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.902; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.104 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8A5
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 165)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 34%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.07, -11.40, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.07, 41.76, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(96.21% -0.0303 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(96.21% 0.104 107)
XYZ	xyz(79.7841, 90.1770, 48.7930)
Luminance	0.9018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8A5 #A5A7FA

analogous

#FACEA5 #FAF8A5 #D2FAA5

triadic

#FAF8A5 #A5FAF8 #F8A5FA

tetradic

#FAF8A5 #A5FACE #A5A7FA #FAA5D2

square

#FAF8A5 #A5FACE #A5A7FA #FAA5D2

split-complementary

#FAF8A5 #A5D2FA #CEA5FA

monochromatic

#F4EF31 #F7F36B #FAF8A5 #FDFDDF #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAF8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.04

#FAF8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8A5

19.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8A5	1.00	1.10	19.04	19.04
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.104 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfac0',
    500: '#faf8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8a5;
$custom-light: #fdfac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96212,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.90175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8A5

secondary

#676ADC

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8A5

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

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