#FAEA90#FAEA90

#FAEA90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.112 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA90
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.21, -6.71, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.21, 46.06, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.06% -0.0184 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(93.06% 0.112 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.8829, 81.1856, 38.1587)
Luminance	0.8118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA90 #90A0FA

analogous

#FAB590 #FAEA90 #D5FA90

triadic

#FAEA90 #90FAEA #EA90FA

tetradic

#FAEA90 #90FAB5 #90A0FA #FA90D5

square

#FAEA90 #90FAB5 #90A0FA #FA90D5

split-complementary

#FAEA90 #90D5FA #B590FA

monochromatic

#F5D41B #F7DF55 #FAEA90 #FDF5CB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEA90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#FAEA90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA90

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA90	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.112 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf0b2',
    500: '#faea90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea90;
$custom-light: #fdf0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93057,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA90

secondary

#5569DA

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA90

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

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