#FFFAE4#FFFAE4

#FFFAE4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.952; OKLCH L 98.3% C 0.029 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE4
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 228)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 10.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.13, -1.98, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.13, 11.32, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(98.32% -0.0033 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(98.32% 0.029 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(89.4277, 95.2334, 87.0545)
Luminance	0.9523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE4 #E4E9FF

analogous

#FFEDE4 #FFFAE4 #F7FFE4

triadic

#FFFAE4 #E4FFFA #FAE4FF

tetradic

#FFFAE4 #E4FFED #E4E9FF #FFE4F7

square

#FFFAE4 #E4FFED #E4E9FF #FFE4F7

split-complementary

#FFFAE4 #E4F7FF #EDE4FF

monochromatic

#FFE36A #FFEFA7 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.05

#FFFAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE4

20.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE4	1.00	1.05	20.05	20.05
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.3% 0.029 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbec',
    500: '#fffae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae4;
$custom-light: #fffbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 94.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98316,
    "c": 0.02924,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.95233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE4

secondary

#9AA9ED

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →