#FFFAE3#FFFAE3

#FFFAE3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.952; OKLCH L 98.3% C 0.031 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE3
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 227)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 11%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.10, -2.14, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.10, 11.82, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(98.29% -0.0036 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(98.29% 0.031 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(89.2893, 95.1781, 86.3255)
Luminance	0.9518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE3 #E3E8FF

analogous

#FFECE3 #FFFAE3 #F6FFE3

triadic

#FFFAE3 #E3FFFA #FAE3FF

tetradic

#FFFAE3 #E3FFEC #E3E8FF #FFE3F6

square

#FFFAE3 #E3FFEC #E3E8FF #FFE3F6

split-complementary

#FFFAE3 #E3F6FF #ECE3FF

monochromatic

#FFE469 #FFEFA6 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.04

#FFFAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE3

20.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE3	1.00	1.05	20.04	20.04
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6F3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.3% 0.031 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbeb',
    500: '#fffae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae3;
$custom-light: #fffbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 94.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98292,
    "c": 0.03052,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.95177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE3

secondary

#99A8ED

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE3

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

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