#FAF8E8#FAF8E8

#FAF8E8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.933; OKLCH L 97.6% C 0.021 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8E8
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 232)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(53, 7%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 7.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.34, -2.05, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.34, 8.18, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(97.64% -0.004 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(97.64% 0.021 101)
XYZ	xyz(87.5553, 93.2855, 89.7217)
Luminance	0.9328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8E8 #E8EAFA

analogous

#FAEFE8 #FAF8E8 #F3FAE8

triadic

#FAF8E8 #E8FAF8 #F8E8FA

tetradic

#FAF8E8 #E8FAEF #E8EAFA #FAE8F3

square

#FAF8E8 #E8FAEF #E8EAFA #FAE8F3

split-complementary

#FAF8E8 #E8F3FA #EFE8FA

monochromatic

#E4D983 #EFE9B6 #FAF7E6 #FAF7E6 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FAF8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.66

#FAF8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8E8

19.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8E8	1.00	1.07	19.66	19.66
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBF7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDF6F3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.6% 0.021 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfaef',
    500: '#faf8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8e8;
$custom-light: #fcfaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 94.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97637,
    "c": 0.02113,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.93285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8E8

secondary

#A8AEDE

accent

#2DCC19

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8E8

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

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