#FAF8DC#FAF8DC

#FAF8DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.926; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.037 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8DC
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 220)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(56, 12%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 12%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.08, -3.96, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.08, 14.26, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(97.34% -0.0087 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(97.34% 0.037 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(85.9087, 92.6268, 81.0493)
Luminance	0.9263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8DC #DCDEFA

analogous

#FAE9DC #FAF8DC #EDFADC

triadic

#FAF8DC #DCFAF8 #F8DCFA

tetradic

#FAF8DC #DCFAE9 #DCDEFA #FADCED

square

#FAF8DC #DCFAE9 #DCDEFA #FADCED

split-complementary

#FAF8DC #DCEDFA #E9DCFA

monochromatic

#EBE371 #F2EDA6 #FAF8DC #FBFAE4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAF8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.53

#FAF8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8DC

19.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8DC	1.00	1.08	19.53	19.53
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.037 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfae6',
    500: '#faf8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8dc;
$custom-light: #fcfae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 92.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97338,
    "c": 0.03661,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.92626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8DC

secondary

#9B9FE0

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8DC

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

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