#FAEB9C#FAEB9C

#FAEB9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.100 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9C
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 37.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.64, -5.95, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.64, 40.62, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(93.45% -0.0152 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(93.45% 0.1 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.1348, 82.1431, 43.3434)
Luminance	0.8214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9C #9CABFA

analogous

#FABC9C #FAEB9C #DAFA9C

triadic

#FAEB9C #9CFAEB #EB9CFA

tetradic

#FAEB9C #9CFABC #9CABFA #FA9CDA

square

#FAEB9C #9CFABC #9CABFA #FA9CDA

split-complementary

#FAEB9C #9CDAFA #BC9CFA

monochromatic

#F4D327 #F7DF62 #FAEB9C #FDF7D6 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#FAEB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9C

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9C	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.100 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1ba',
    500: '#faeb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9c;
$custom-light: #fdf1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93448,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9C

secondary

#5F73DB

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9C

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

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