#FFFAE9#FFFAE9

#FFFAE9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.955; OKLCH L 98.4% C 0.023 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFAE9
RGB	rgb(255, 250, 233)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(46, 9%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 8.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.24, -1.18, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.24, 8.82, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(98.44% -0.0013 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(98.44% 0.023 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(90.1319, 95.5151, 90.7630)
Luminance	0.9551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFAE9 #E9EEFF

analogous

#FFEFE9 #FFFAE9 #F9FFE9

triadic

#FFFAE9 #E9FFFA #FAE9FF

tetradic

#FFFAE9 #E9FFEF #E9EEFF #FFE9F9

square

#FFFAE9 #E9FFEF #E9EEFF #FFE9F9

split-complementary

#FFFAE9 #E9F9FF #EFE9FF

monochromatic

#FFDE6F #FFECAC #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.04

#FFFAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.10

#FFFAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFAE9

20.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFAE9	1.00	1.04	20.10	20.10
#FFFFFF	1.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 250, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.4% 0.023 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbf0',
    500: '#fffae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffae9;
$custom-light: #fffbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98442,
    "c": 0.02292,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.95514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFAE9

secondary

#9EB0EE

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#181716

muted

#868585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFAE9

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

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