#FAEB8B#FAEB8B

#FAEB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB8B
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -7.70, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 48.85, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0216 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7947, 81.6071, 36.2856)
Luminance	0.8161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB8B #8B9AFA

analogous

#FAB48B #FAEB8B #D2FA8B

triadic

#FAEB8B #8BFAEB #EB8BFA

tetradic

#FAEB8B #8BFAB4 #8B9AFA #FA8BD2

square

#FAEB8B #8BFAB4 #8B9AFA #FA8BD2

split-complementary

#FAEB8B #8BD2FA #B48BFA

monochromatic

#F5D716 #F7E150 #FAEB8B #FDF5C6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FAEB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB8B

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB8B	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)

#FBE683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1ae',
    500: '#faeb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb8b;
$custom-light: #fef1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93183,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB8B

secondary

#5063D9

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB8B

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

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