#FAEB8E#FAEB8E

#FAEB8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB8E
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.44, -7.41, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.44, 47.41, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.0205 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.0169, 81.6960, 37.4559)
Luminance	0.8169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB8E #8E9DFA

analogous

#FAB58E #FAEB8E #D3FA8E

triadic

#FAEB8E #8EFAEB #EB8EFA

tetradic

#FAEB8E #8EFAB5 #8E9DFA #FA8ED3

square

#FAEB8E #8EFAB5 #8E9DFA #FA8ED3

split-complementary

#FAEB8E #8ED3FA #B58EFA

monochromatic

#F5D619 #F7E153 #FAEB8E #FDF5C9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#FAEB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB8E

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB8E	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1b0',
    500: '#faeb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb8e;
$custom-light: #fef1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93227,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB8E

secondary

#5366D9

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB8E

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

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