#FAFFC5#FAFFC5

#FAFFC5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.959; OKLCH L 98.2% C 0.074 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFFC5
RGB	rgb(250, 255, 197)
HSL	hsl(65, 100%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(65, 23%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 22.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.38, -10.81, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.38, 29.31, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(98.22% -0.0276 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(98.22% 0.074 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(85.2619, 95.8760, 66.8268)
Luminance	0.9587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFFC5 #CAC5FF

analogous

#FFE7C5 #FAFFC5 #DDFFC5

triadic

#FAFFC5 #C5FAFF #FFC5FA

tetradic

#FAFFC5 #C5FFE7 #CAC5FF #FFC5DD

square

#FAFFC5 #C5FFE7 #CAC5FF #FFC5DD

split-complementary

#FAFFC5 #C5DDFF #E7C5FF

monochromatic

#EFFF4B #F5FF88 #FAFFC5 #FCFFE0 #FCFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.04

#FAFFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.18

#FAFFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFFC5

20.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFFC5	1.00	1.04	20.18	20.18
#FFFFFF	1.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFBC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF8EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faffc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 255, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.2% 0.074 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcffd6',
    500: '#faffc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faffc5;
$custom-light: #fcffd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faffc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98221,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.95875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFFC5

secondary

#8980E9

accent

#00E614

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#171814

muted

#858683

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFFC5

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

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