#FAED8A#FAED8A

#FAED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.121 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED8A
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.90, -8.79, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.90, 50.11, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.57% -0.0249 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(93.57% 0.121 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.2978, 82.7296, 36.0945)
Luminance	0.8273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED8A #8A97FA

analogous

#FAB58A #FAED8A #CFFA8A

triadic

#FAED8A #8AFAED #ED8AFA

tetradic

#FAED8A #8AFAB5 #8A97FA #FA8ACF

square

#FAED8A #8AFAB5 #8A97FA #FA8ACF

split-complementary

#FAED8A #8ACFFA #B58AFA

monochromatic

#F5DB15 #F7E44F #FAED8A #FDF6C5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FAED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED8A

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED8A	1.00	1.20	17.55	17.55
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.121 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#faed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed8a;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93571,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED8A

secondary

#4F5FD9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED8A

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

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