#FAF8CD#FAF8CD

#FAF8CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.919; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.056 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8CD
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 205)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(57, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 18%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.77, -6.21, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.77, 21.85, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(96.99% -0.0146 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(96.99% 0.056 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(84.0105, 91.8675, 71.0523)
Luminance	0.9187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8CD #CDCFFA

analogous

#FAE2CD #FAF8CD #E6FACD

triadic

#FAF8CD #CDFAF8 #F8CDFA

tetradic

#FAF8CD #CDFAE2 #CDCFFA #FACDE6

square

#FAF8CD #CDFAE2 #CDCFFA #FACDE6

split-complementary

#FAF8CD #CDE6FA #E2CDFA

monochromatic

#EFE85E #F4F095 #FAF8CD #FCFBE3 #FCFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAF8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.37

#FAF8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8CD

19.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8CD	1.00	1.08	19.37	19.37
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.056 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfadc',
    500: '#faf8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8cd;
$custom-light: #fcfadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96991,
    "c": 0.05568,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.91867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8CD

secondary

#8C8FE0

accent

#11DE07

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8CD

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

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