#FAF8DB#FAF8DB

#FAF8DB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.926; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.038 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8DB
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 219)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(56, 12%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 12.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.05, -4.12, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.05, 14.77, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(97.31% -0.0091 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(97.31% 0.038 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(85.7766, 92.5740, 80.3539)
Luminance	0.9257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8DB #DBDDFA

analogous

#FAE9DB #FAF8DB #EDFADB

triadic

#FAF8DB #DBFAF8 #F8DBFA

tetradic

#FAF8DB #DBFAE9 #DBDDFA #FADBED

square

#FAF8DB #DBFAE9 #DBDDFA #FADBED

split-complementary

#FAF8DB #DBEDFA #E9DBFA

monochromatic

#EBE370 #F3EEA5 #FAF8DB #FBFAE4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAF8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.51

#FAF8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8DB

19.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8DB	1.00	1.08	19.51	19.51
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.038 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfae6',
    500: '#faf8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8db;
$custom-light: #fcfae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 91.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97314,
    "c": 0.0379,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.92573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8DB

secondary

#999EE0

accent

#1BD80E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8DB

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

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