#FAF8D6#FAF8D6

#FAF8D6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.923; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.044 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8D6
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 214)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(57, 14%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 14.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.95, -4.88, 16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.95, 17.30, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(97.2% -0.011 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(97.2% 0.044 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(85.1283, 92.3146, 76.9392)
Luminance	0.9231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8D6 #D6D8FA

analogous

#FAE6D6 #FAF8D6 #EAFAD6

triadic

#FAF8D6 #D6FAF8 #F8D6FA

tetradic

#FAF8D6 #D6FAE6 #D6D8FA #FAD6EA

square

#FAF8D6 #D6FAE6 #D6D8FA #FAD6EA

split-complementary

#FAF8D6 #D6EAFA #E6D6FA

monochromatic

#EDE569 #F3EF9F #FAF8D6 #FCFAE4 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAF8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.46

#FAF8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8D6

19.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8D6	1.00	1.08	19.46	19.46
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3EE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.044 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfae2',
    500: '#faf8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8d6;
$custom-light: #fcfae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 90.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97196,
    "c": 0.04429,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.92314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8D6

secondary

#9499E0

accent

#17DB0B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8D6

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

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