#FAEB8A#FAEB8A

#FAEB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB8A
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.39, -7.79, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.39, 49.32, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.022 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.7219, 81.5780, 35.9026)
Luminance	0.8158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB8A #8A99FA

analogous

#FAB38A #FAEB8A #D1FA8A

triadic

#FAEB8A #8AFAEB #EB8AFA

tetradic

#FAEB8A #8AFAB3 #8A99FA #FA8AD1

square

#FAEB8A #8AFAB3 #8A99FA #FA8AD1

split-complementary

#FAEB8A #8AD1FA #B38AFA

monochromatic

#F5D715 #F7E14F #FAEB8A #FDF5C5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FAEB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB8A

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB8A	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1ae',
    500: '#faeb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb8a;
$custom-light: #fef1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93169,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB8A

secondary

#4F62D9

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB8A

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

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