#FAEB99#FAEB99

#FAEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.103 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB99
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.59, -6.28, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.59, 42.09, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.4% -0.0164 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(93.4% 0.103 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.8839, 82.0428, 42.0220)
Luminance	0.8204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB99 #99A8FA

analogous

#FABB99 #FAEB99 #D9FA99

triadic

#FAEB99 #99FAEB #EB99FA

tetradic

#FAEB99 #99FABB #99A8FA #FA99D9

square

#FAEB99 #99FABB #99A8FA #FA99D9

split-complementary

#FAEB99 #99D9FA #BB99FA

monochromatic

#F4D424 #F7E05F #FAEB99 #FDF6D3 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FAEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB99

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB99	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.103 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1b8',
    500: '#faeb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb99;
$custom-light: #fdf1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.722,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93399,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB99

secondary

#5D70DB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB99

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

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