HEX atlas value

#FFFAF0

#FFFAF0 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Floral White. RGB 255, 250, 240, HSL 40° 100% 97%, luminance 0.9592; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#FFFAF0 Sample readable text

HEX #FFFAF0

RGB rgb(255, 250, 240)

HSL hsl(40 100% 97%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 6, 0)

Luminance 0.9592

Contrast Black 20.18:1White 1.04:1

CSS

--color-fffaf0: #FFFAF0;
.background-fffaf0 { background-color: #FFFAF0; }
.text-fffaf0 { color: #FFFAF0; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFFAF0

#FFFAF0 is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #FFFAF0 is visually closest to Floral White, a named orange color with HEX #FFFAF0.

The RGB channels are 255, 250, and 240, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 40deg with 100% saturation and 97% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.9592, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text20.18:1AA Pass

White text1.04:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFFAF0 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000020.18:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.04:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Ivory#FFFFF0 · #000000 text · best 20.81:1 #FCFFF0#FCFFF0 · #000000 text · best 20.7:1 #FDF9F1#FDF9F1 · #000000 text · best 20:1 Powder Coat White#F8F8F2 · #000000 text · best 19.7:1

Generated Palette

Floral White#FFFAF0

#F0F5FF#F0F5FF

#FFF2F0#FFF2F0

#FCFFF0#FCFFF0

White#FFFFFF

#FFDB94#FFDB94

Color Harmonies

#F0F5FF#F0F5FF

#FFF2F0#FFF2F0

#FCFFF0#FCFFF0

#F0FFFA#F0FFFA

#FAF0FF#FAF0FF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FFDB94#FFDB94

Floral White#FFFAF0

#FDF9F1#FDF9F1

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Floral White#FFFAF0

Ivory#FFFFF0

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Powder Coat White#F8F8F2

Paper White#F7F7F2

Luminance0.9592

Black text20.18:1AA Pass

White text1.04:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FFFAF0","rgb":[255,250,240],"hsl":[40,100,97],"cmyk":[0,2,6,0],"luminance":0.9592,"contrast":{"black":20.18,"white":1.04}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":20.18,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.04,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Ivory","hex":"#FFFFF0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.81,"contrastWhite":1.01,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FCFFF0","hex":"#FCFFF0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.7,"contrastWhite":1.01,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FDF9F1","hex":"#FDF9F1","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.7,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Floral White adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fffaf0.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/floral-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ivory.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-shell.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F0F5FF","analogous":["#FFF2F0","#FCFFF0"],"triadic":["#F0FFFA","#FAF0FF"],"tetradic":["#F0FFF2","#F0F5FF","#FFF0FC"],"splitComplementary":["#F0FCFF","#F2F0FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFFAF0","#FFDB94"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFDB94","saturated":"#FFFAF0","desaturated":"#FDF9F1","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"floral-white","name":"Floral White","hex":"#FFFAF0","distance":0},{"slug":"ivory","name":"Ivory","hex":"#FFFFF0","distance":5},{"slug":"sea-shell","name":"Sea Shell","hex":"#FFF5EE","distance":5.385164807134504},{"slug":"powder-coat-white","name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","distance":7.54983443527075},{"slug":"paper-white","name":"Paper White","hex":"#F7F7F2","distance":8.774964387392123}]

#FFFAF0

CSS

About #FFFAF0

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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