#FFFAE1#FFFAE1

#FFFAE1 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.951; OKLCH L 98.2% C 0.033 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE1
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 225)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(50, 12%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 11.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.06, -2.45, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.06, 12.82, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(98.24% -0.0044 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(98.24% 0.033 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(89.0149, 95.0683, 84.8802)
Luminance	0.9507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE1 #E1E6FF

analogous

#FFEBE1 #FFFAE1 #F5FFE1

triadic

#FFFAE1 #E1FFFA #FAE1FF

tetradic

#FFFAE1 #E1FFEB #E1E6FF #FFE1F5

square

#FFFAE1 #E1FFEB #E1E6FF #FFE1F5

split-complementary

#FFFAE1 #E1F5FF #EBE1FF

monochromatic

#FFE667 #FFF0A4 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.01

#FFFAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE1

20.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE1	1.00	1.05	20.01	20.01
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6F3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.2% 0.033 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbea',
    500: '#fffae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae1;
$custom-light: #fffbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 94.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98242,
    "c": 0.03306,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.95067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE1

secondary

#97A6ED

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE1

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

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