#FAEB9A#FAEB9A

#FAEB9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.102 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9A
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 38.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.61, -6.17, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.61, 41.60, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.42% -0.016 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(93.42% 0.102 99)
XYZ	xyz(74.9668, 82.0759, 42.4588)
Luminance	0.8207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9A #9AA9FA

analogous

#FABB9A #FAEB9A #D9FA9A

triadic

#FAEB9A #9AFAEB #EB9AFA

tetradic

#FAEB9A #9AFABB #9AA9FA #FA9AD9

square

#FAEB9A #9AFABB #9AA9FA #FA9AD9

split-complementary

#FAEB9A #9AD9FA #BB9AFA

monochromatic

#F4D425 #F7DF60 #FAEB9A #FDF7D4 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FAEB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9A

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9A	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)

#FAE694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.102 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1b8',
    500: '#faeb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9a;
$custom-light: #fdf1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93415,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.82074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9A

secondary

#5D71DB

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9A

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

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