#FFFAAD#FFFAAD

#FFFAAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.926; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.097 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAAD
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 173)
HSL	hsl(56, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.09, -9.58, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.09, 38.81, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(97.15% -0.0248 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(97.15% 0.097 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(82.9692, 92.6500, 53.0396)
Luminance	0.9265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAAD #ADB2FF

analogous

#FFD1AD #FFFAAD #DBFFAD

triadic

#FFFAAD #ADFFFA #FAADFF

tetradic

#FFFAAD #ADFFD1 #ADB2FF #FFADDB

square

#FFFAAD #ADFFD1 #ADB2FF #FFADDB

split-complementary

#FFFAAD #ADDBFF #D1ADFF

monochromatic

#FFF333 #FFF670 #FFFAAD #FFFDE0 #FFFDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FFFAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.53

#FFFAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAAD

19.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAAD	1.00	1.08	19.53	19.53
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF0E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.097 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc6',
    500: '#fffaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffaad;
$custom-light: #fffbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97151,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.92648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAAD

secondary

#6B73E5

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAAD

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

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