#FAEB97#FAEB97

#FAEB97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB97
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.56, -6.49, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.56, 43.06, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.37% -0.0172 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(93.37% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.7201, 81.9772, 41.1593)
Luminance	0.8197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB97 #97A6FA

analogous

#FAB997 #FAEB97 #D7FA97

triadic

#FAEB97 #97FAEB #EB97FA

tetradic

#FAEB97 #97FAB9 #97A6FA #FA97D7

square

#FAEB97 #97FAB9 #97A6FA #FA97D7

split-complementary

#FAEB97 #97D7FA #B997FA

monochromatic

#F4D522 #F7E05D #FAEB97 #FDF6D1 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#FAEB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB97

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB97	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1b6',
    500: '#faeb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb97;
$custom-light: #fdf1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93366,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB97

secondary

#5B6EDA

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB97

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

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