#FAF8F2#FAF8F2

#FAF8F2 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.939; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.008 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF8F2
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 242)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(45, 3%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 3.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.58, -0.37, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.58, 3.13, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(97.9% -0.0002 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(97.9% 0.008 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(89.0164, 93.8699, 97.4164)
Luminance	0.9387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF8F2 #F2F4FA

analogous

#FAF4F2 #FAF8F2 #F8FAF2

triadic

#FAF8F2 #F2FAF8 #F8F2FA

tetradic

#FAF8F2 #F2FAF4 #F2F4FA #FAF2F8

square

#FAF8F2 #F2FAF4 #F2F4FA #FAF2F8

split-complementary

#FAF8F2 #F2F8FA #F4F2FA

monochromatic

#D8C89A #E9E0C6 #F6F3E9 #F6F3E9 #F6F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAF8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.77

#FAF8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF8F2

19.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF8F2	1.00	1.06	19.77	19.77
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAF8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAF8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCF7F6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.008 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfaf6',
    500: '#faf8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf8f2;
$custom-light: #fcfaf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 96.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97901,
    "c": 0.00821,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.9387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF8F2

secondary

#B7C0D9

accent

#50B82E

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171717

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF8F2

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

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