#FAEB9B#FAEB9B

#FAEB9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.101 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9B
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.62, -6.06, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.62, 41.11, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93.43% -0.0156 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(93.43% 0.101 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.0504, 82.1094, 42.8993)
Luminance	0.8211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9B #9BAAFA

analogous

#FABC9B #FAEB9B #DAFA9B

triadic

#FAEB9B #9BFAEB #EB9BFA

tetradic

#FAEB9B #9BFABC #9BAAFA #FA9BDA

square

#FAEB9B #9BFABC #9BAAFA #FA9BDA

split-complementary

#FAEB9B #9BDAFA #BC9BFA

monochromatic

#F4D426 #F7DF61 #FAEB9B #FDF7D5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#FAEB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9B

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9B	1.00	1.21	17.42	17.42
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.101 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1b9',
    500: '#faeb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9b;
$custom-light: #fdf1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93431,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9B

secondary

#5E72DB

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9B

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

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