#FAF9EE#FAF9EE

#FAF9EE is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.942; OKLCH L 98.0% C 0.015 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF9EE
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 238)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(55, 5%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 4.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.73, -1.56, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.73, 5.61, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(97.99% -0.0031 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(97.99% 0.015 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(88.7304, 94.2487, 94.3897)
Luminance	0.9425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF9EE #EEEFFA

analogous

#FAF3EE #FAF9EE #F5FAEE

triadic

#FAF9EE #EEFAF9 #F9EEFA

tetradic

#FAF9EE #EEFAF3 #EEEFFA #FAEEF5

square

#FAF9EE #EEFAF3 #EEEFFA #FAEEF5

split-complementary

#FAF9EE #EEF5FA #F3EEFA

monochromatic

#DED88F #ECE8BF #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAF9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.85

#FAF9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF9EE

19.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF9EE	1.00	1.06	19.85	19.85
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBF8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCF7F6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.0% 0.015 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfbf3',
    500: '#faf9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf9ee;
$custom-light: #fcfbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97989,
    "c": 0.01451,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.94248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF9EE

secondary

#B0B4DC

accent

#31C223

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171717

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF9EE

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

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