#FFFAE6#FFFAE6

#FFFAE6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.953; OKLCH L 98.4% C 0.027 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE6
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 230)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(48, 10%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 9.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.17, -1.66, 10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.17, 10.32, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(98.37% -0.0025 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(98.37% 0.027 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(89.7069, 95.3451, 88.5252)
Luminance	0.9534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE6 #E6EBFF

analogous

#FFEDE6 #FFFAE6 #F7FFE6

triadic

#FFFAE6 #E6FFFA #FAE6FF

tetradic

#FFFAE6 #E6FFED #E6EBFF #FFE6F7

square

#FFFAE6 #E6FFED #E6EBFF #FFE6F7

split-complementary

#FFFAE6 #E6F7FF #EDE6FF

monochromatic

#FFE26C #FFEEA9 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.07

#FFFAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE6

20.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE6	1.00	1.05	20.07	20.07
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFBE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.4% 0.027 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbed',
    500: '#fffae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae6;
$custom-light: #fffbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 95.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98366,
    "c": 0.02672,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.95344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE6

secondary

#9CACED

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFD

border

#D7D7D5

text

#181716

muted

#868584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE6

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

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