#FAED8B#FAED8B

#FAED8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED8B
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.91, -8.69, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.91, 49.64, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.59% -0.0245 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(93.59% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.3705, 82.7587, 36.4775)
Luminance	0.8276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED8B #8B98FA

analogous

#FAB68B #FAED8B #D0FA8B

triadic

#FAED8B #8BFAED #ED8BFA

tetradic

#FAED8B #8BFAB6 #8B98FA #FA8BD0

square

#FAED8B #8BFAB6 #8B98FA #FA8BD0

split-complementary

#FAED8B #8BD0FA #B68BFA

monochromatic

#F5DB16 #F7E450 #FAED8B #FDF6C6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAED8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FAED8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED8B

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED8B	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)

#FDE783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#faed8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed8b;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93586,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED8B

secondary

#5060D9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED8B

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

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