#FAED8E#FAED8E

#FAED8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.117 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED8E
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.95, -8.40, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.95, 48.20, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(93.63% -0.0234 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(93.63% 0.117 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.5927, 82.8476, 37.6478)
Luminance	0.8285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED8E #8E9BFA

analogous

#FAB78E #FAED8E #D1FA8E

triadic

#FAED8E #8EFAED #ED8EFA

tetradic

#FAED8E #8EFAB7 #8E9BFA #FA8ED1

square

#FAED8E #8EFAB7 #8E9BFA #FA8ED1

split-complementary

#FAED8E #8ED1FA #B78EFA

monochromatic

#F5DA19 #F7E453 #FAED8E #FDF6C9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAED8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FAED8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED8E

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED8E	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.117 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b0',
    500: '#faed8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed8e;
$custom-light: #fef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93629,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED8E

secondary

#5363D9

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED8E

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

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