#FAEB8D#FAEB8D

#FAEB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB8D
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -7.50, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 47.89, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0209 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.9421, 81.6661, 37.0623)
Luminance	0.8166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB8D #8D9CFA

analogous

#FAB58D #FAEB8D #D3FA8D

triadic

#FAEB8D #8DFAEB #EB8DFA

tetradic

#FAEB8D #8DFAB5 #8D9CFA #FA8DD3

square

#FAEB8D #8DFAB5 #8D9CFA #FA8DD3

split-complementary

#FAEB8D #8DD3FA #B58DFA

monochromatic

#F5D618 #F7E152 #FAEB8D #FDF5C8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#FAEB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB8D

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB8D	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1b0',
    500: '#faeb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb8d;
$custom-light: #fef1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93213,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB8D

secondary

#5265D9

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB8D

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

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