#FAEB9F#FAEB9F

#FAEB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.097 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB9F
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 159)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.68, -5.62, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.68, 39.15, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(93.5% -0.0141 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.097 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3919, 82.2460, 44.6978)
Luminance	0.8224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB9F #9FAEFA

analogous

#FABD9F #FAEB9F #DBFA9F

triadic

#FAEB9F #9FFAEB #EB9FFA

tetradic

#FAEB9F #9FFABD #9FAEFA #FA9FDB

square

#FAEB9F #9FFABD #9FAEFA #FA9FDB

split-complementary

#FAEB9F #9FDBFA #BD9FFA

monochromatic

#F4D32B #F7DF65 #FAEB9F #FDF7D9 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#FAEB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB9F

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB9F	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.097 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1bc',
    500: '#faeb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb9f;
$custom-light: #fdf1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93499,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB9F

secondary

#6276DB

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB9F

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

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