#FAED8D#FAED8D

#FAED8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED8D
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.93, -8.50, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.93, 48.68, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0238 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.5179, 82.8177, 37.2542)
Luminance	0.8282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED8D #8D9AFA

analogous

#FAB78D #FAED8D #D1FA8D

triadic

#FAED8D #8DFAED #ED8DFA

tetradic

#FAED8D #8DFAB7 #8D9AFA #FA8DD1

square

#FAED8D #8DFAB7 #8D9AFA #FA8DD1

split-complementary

#FAED8D #8DD1FA #B78DFA

monochromatic

#F5DA18 #F7E452 #FAED8D #FDF6C8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAED8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FAED8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED8D

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED8D	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b0',
    500: '#faed8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed8d;
$custom-light: #fef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93615,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED8D

secondary

#5262D9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED8D

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

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