#FFFAE0#FFFAE0

#FFFAE0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.950; OKLCH L 98.2% C 0.034 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE0
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 224)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(50, 12%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 12.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.04, -2.61, 13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.04, 13.33, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(98.22% -0.0048 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(98.22% 0.034 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(88.8788, 95.0139, 84.1639)
Luminance	0.9501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE0 #E0E5FF

analogous

#FFEBE0 #FFFAE0 #F5FFE0

triadic

#FFFAE0 #E0FFFA #FAE0FF

tetradic

#FFFAE0 #E0FFEB #E0E5FF #FFE0F5

square

#FFFAE0 #E0FFEB #E0E5FF #FFE0F5

split-complementary

#FFFAE0 #E0F5FF #EBE0FF

monochromatic

#FFE666 #FFF0A3 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.00

#FFFAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE0

20.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE0	1.00	1.05	20.00	20.00
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6F3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.2% 0.034 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbe9',
    500: '#fffae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae0;
$custom-light: #fffbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 93.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98218,
    "c": 0.03432,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.95013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE0

secondary

#97A4ED

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE0

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

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