#FAEA8A#FAEA8A

#FAEA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA8A
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -7.29, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 48.94, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0206 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(73.4364, 81.0070, 35.8074)
Luminance	0.8101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA8A #8A9AFA

analogous

#FAB28A #FAEA8A #D2FA8A

triadic

#FAEA8A #8AFAEA #EA8AFA

tetradic

#FAEA8A #8AFAB2 #8A9AFA #FA8AD2

square

#FAEA8A #8AFAB2 #8A9AFA #FA8AD2

split-complementary

#FAEA8A #8AD2FA #B28AFA

monochromatic

#F5D515 #F7DF4F #FAEA8A #FDF5C5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#FAEA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA8A

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA8A	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0ae',
    500: '#faea8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea8a;
$custom-light: #fef0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92968,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.81005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA8A

secondary

#4F63D9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA8A

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

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