#FAEB9E#FAEB9E

#FAEB9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.098 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9E
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.67, -5.73, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.67, 39.64, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(93.48% -0.0145 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(93.48% 0.098 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.3055, 82.2114, 44.2426)
Luminance	0.8221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9E #9EADFA

analogous

#FABD9E #FAEB9E #DBFA9E

triadic

#FAEB9E #9EFAEB #EB9EFA

tetradic

#FAEB9E #9EFABD #9EADFA #FA9EDB

square

#FAEB9E #9EFABD #9EADFA #FA9EDB

split-complementary

#FAEB9E #9EDBFA #BD9EFA

monochromatic

#F4D32A #F7DF64 #FAEB9E #FDF7D8 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#FAEB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9E

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9E	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEECA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.098 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1bb',
    500: '#faeb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9e;
$custom-light: #fdf1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93482,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9E

secondary

#6175DB

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9E

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

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