#FAEB9D#FAEB9D

#FAEB9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.099 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9D
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.65, -5.84, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.65, 40.13, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.47% -0.0149 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(93.47% 0.099 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.2198, 82.1771, 43.7912)
Luminance	0.8217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9D #9DACFA

analogous

#FABD9D #FAEB9D #DAFA9D

triadic

#FAEB9D #9DFAEB #EB9DFA

tetradic

#FAEB9D #9DFABD #9DACFA #FA9DDA

square

#FAEB9D #9DFABD #9DACFA #FA9DDA

split-complementary

#FAEB9D #9DDAFA #BD9DFA

monochromatic

#F4D329 #F7DF63 #FAEB9D #FDF7D7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#FAEB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9D

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9D	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)

#F9E797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEECA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.099 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1bb',
    500: '#faeb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9d;
$custom-light: #fdf1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93465,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9D

secondary

#6074DB

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9D

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

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