#FAFAE8#FAFAE8

#FAFAE8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.945; OKLCH L 98.0% C 0.024 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFAE8
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 232)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.84, -3.05, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.84, 9.16, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(98.03% -0.0068 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(98.03% 0.024 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(88.1735, 94.5218, 89.9277)
Luminance	0.9452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFAE8 #E8E8FA

analogous

#FAF1E8 #FAFAE8 #F1FAE8

triadic

#FAFAE8 #E8FAFA #FAE8FA

tetradic

#FAFAE8 #E8FAF1 #E8E8FA #FAE8F1

square

#FAFAE8 #E8FAF1 #E8E8FA #FAE8F1

split-complementary

#FAFAE8 #E8F1FA #F1E8FA

monochromatic

#E4E483 #EFEFB6 #FAFAE6 #FAFAE6 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAFAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.90

#FAFAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFAE8

19.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFAE8	1.00	1.06	19.90	19.90
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.0% 0.024 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfbef',
    500: '#fafae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafae8;
$custom-light: #fcfbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 94.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9803,
    "c": 0.0236,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.94521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFAE8

secondary

#A8A8DE

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFAE8

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

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