#FAFAE4#FAFAE4

#FAFAE4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.943; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.029 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFAE4
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 228)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.75, -3.70, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.75, 11.19, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(97.93% -0.0084 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(97.93% 0.029 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(87.6118, 94.2971, 86.9694)
Luminance	0.9430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFAE4 #E4E4FA

analogous

#FAEFE4 #FAFAE4 #EFFAE4

triadic

#FAFAE4 #E4FAFA #FAE4FA

tetradic

#FAFAE4 #E4FAEF #E4E4FA #FAE4EF

square

#FAFAE4 #E4FAEF #E4E4FA #FAE4EF

split-complementary

#FAFAE4 #E4EFFA #EFE4FA

monochromatic

#E7E77D #F0F0B0 #FAFAE4 #FAFAE5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAFAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.86

#FAFAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFAE4

19.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFAE4	1.00	1.06	19.86	19.86
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEF7F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.029 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfbec',
    500: '#fafae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafae4;
$custom-light: #fcfbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 93.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97929,
    "c": 0.02879,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.94297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFAE4

secondary

#A3A3DF

accent

#15D115

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFAE4

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

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