#FAF8EE#FAF8EE

#FAF8EE is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.936; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.013 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8EE
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 238)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(50, 5%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 4.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.48, -1.05, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.48, 5.14, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(97.79% -0.0017 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(97.79% 0.013 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(88.4222, 93.6322, 94.2870)
Luminance	0.9363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8EE #EEF0FA

analogous

#FAF2EE #FAF8EE #F6FAEE

triadic

#FAF8EE #EEFAF8 #F8EEFA

tetradic

#FAF8EE #EEFAF2 #EEF0FA #FAEEF6

square

#FAF8EE #EEFAF2 #EEF0FA #FAEEF6

split-complementary

#FAF8EE #EEF6FA #F2EEFA

monochromatic

#DED18F #ECE5BF #F8F5E7 #F8F5E7 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAF8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.73

#FAF8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8EE

19.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8EE	1.00	1.06	19.73	19.73
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAF7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBF8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCF6F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.013 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfaf3',
    500: '#faf8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8ee;
$custom-light: #fcfaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97794,
    "c": 0.01335,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8EE

secondary

#B0B8DC

accent

#3EC223

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171717

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8EE

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

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