#FAED96#FAED96

#FAED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.109 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED96
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.06, -7.59, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.06, 44.35, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(93.75% -0.0204 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(93.75% 0.109 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.2150, 83.0965, 40.9254)
Luminance	0.8309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED96 #96A3FA

analogous

#FABB96 #FAED96 #D5FA96

triadic

#FAED96 #96FAED #ED96FA

tetradic

#FAED96 #96FABB #96A3FA #FA96D5

square

#FAED96 #96FABB #96A3FA #FA96D5

split-complementary

#FAED96 #96D5FA #BB96FA

monochromatic

#F4D921 #F7E35C #FAED96 #FDF7D0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FAED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED96

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED96	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.109 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b6',
    500: '#faed96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed96;
$custom-light: #fdf2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93751,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED96

secondary

#5A6BDA

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED96

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

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