#FAF8EF#FAF8EF

#FAF8EF is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.937; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.012 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8EF
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 239)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(49, 4%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 4.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.51, -0.88, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.51, 4.63, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(97.82% -0.0013 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(97.82% 0.012 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(88.5695, 93.6911, 95.0628)
Luminance	0.9369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8EF #EFF1FA

analogous

#FAF2EF #FAF8EF #F6FAEF

triadic

#FAF8EF #EFFAF8 #F8EFFA

tetradic

#FAF8EF #EFFAF2 #EFF1FA #FAEFF6

square

#FAF8EF #EFFAF2 #EFF1FA #FAEFF6

split-complementary

#FAF8EF #EFF6FA #F2EFFA

monochromatic

#DDCF92 #EBE4C0 #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAF8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.74

#FAF8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8EF

19.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8EF	1.00	1.06	19.74	19.74
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAF7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBF8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.012 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfaf4',
    500: '#faf8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8ef;
$custom-light: #fcfaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 95.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9782,
    "c": 0.01206,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8EF

secondary

#B2B9DB

accent

#42C026

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171717

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8EF

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

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