#FAF8D8#FAF8D8

#FAF8D8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.924; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.042 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8D8
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 216)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 13.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.99, -4.58, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.99, 16.29, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(97.24% -0.0102 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(97.24% 0.042 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(85.3853, 92.4174, 78.2926)
Luminance	0.9242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8D8 #D8DAFA

analogous

#FAE7D8 #FAF8D8 #EBFAD8

triadic

#FAF8D8 #D8FAF8 #F8D8FA

tetradic

#FAF8D8 #D8FAE7 #D8DAFA #FAD8EB

square

#FAF8D8 #D8FAE7 #D8DAFA #FAD8EB

split-complementary

#FAF8D8 #D8EBFA #E7D8FA

monochromatic

#ECE56C #F3EEA2 #FAF8D8 #FCFAE4 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAF8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.48

#FAF8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8D8

19.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8D8	1.00	1.08	19.48	19.48
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.042 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfae4',
    500: '#faf8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8d8;
$custom-light: #fcfae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97243,
    "c": 0.04174,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.92417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8D8

secondary

#969BE0

accent

#18DA0C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8D8

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

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