#FAEB96#FAEB96

#FAEB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.107 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB96
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.55, -6.59, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.55, 43.55, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.0175 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.107 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.6392, 81.9449, 40.7335)
Luminance	0.8194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB96 #96A5FA

analogous

#FAB996 #FAEB96 #D7FA96

triadic

#FAEB96 #96FAEB #EB96FA

tetradic

#FAEB96 #96FAB9 #96A5FA #FA96D7

square

#FAEB96 #96FAB9 #96A5FA #FA96D7

split-complementary

#FAEB96 #96D7FA #B996FA

monochromatic

#F4D521 #F7E05C #FAEB96 #FDF6D0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#FAEB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB96

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB96	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.107 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1b6',
    500: '#faeb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb96;
$custom-light: #fdf1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9335,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB96

secondary

#5A6DDA

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB96

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

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