#FFFAE5#FFFAE5

#FFFAE5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.953; OKLCH L 98.3% C 0.028 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE5
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 229)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(48, 10%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 10.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.15, -1.82, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.15, 10.82, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(98.34% -0.0029 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(98.34% 0.028 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(89.5669, 95.2891, 87.7877)
Luminance	0.9529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE5 #E5EAFF

analogous

#FFEDE5 #FFFAE5 #F7FFE5

triadic

#FFFAE5 #E5FFFA #FAE5FF

tetradic

#FFFAE5 #E5FFED #E5EAFF #FFE5F7

square

#FFFAE5 #E5FFED #E5EAFF #FFE5F7

split-complementary

#FFFAE5 #E5F7FF #EDE5FF

monochromatic

#FFE26B #FFEEA8 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.06

#FFFAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE5

20.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE5	1.00	1.05	20.06	20.06
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.3% 0.028 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbed',
    500: '#fffae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae5;
$custom-light: #fffbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 94.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98341,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.95288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE5

secondary

#9BABED

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE5

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

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