#FAFFAD#FAFFAD

#FAFFAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.949; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.103 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFFAD
RGB	rgb(250, 255, 173)
HSL	hsl(64, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.98, -13.90, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.98, 41.13, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(97.77% -0.0371 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(97.77% 0.103 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(82.7276, 94.8623, 53.4793)
Luminance	0.9486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFFAD #B2ADFF

analogous

#FFDBAD #FAFFAD #D1FFAD

triadic

#FAFFAD #ADFAFF #FFADFA

tetradic

#FAFFAD #ADFFDB #B2ADFF #FFADD1

square

#FAFFAD #ADFFDB #B2ADFF #FFADD1

split-complementary

#FAFFAD #ADD1FF #DBADFF

monochromatic

#F3FF33 #F6FF70 #FAFFAD #FDFFE0 #FDFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FAFFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.97

#FAFFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFFAD

19.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFFAD	1.00	1.05	19.97	19.97
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faffad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 255, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.103 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdffc6',
    500: '#faffad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faffad;
$custom-light: #fdffc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faffad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.659,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97767,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.94861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFFAD

secondary

#736BE5

accent

#00E60E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181813

muted

#868682

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFFAD

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

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