#FAED97#FAED97

#FAED97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.107 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED97
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.07, -7.49, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.07, 43.86, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(93.77% -0.02 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(93.77% 0.107 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.2959, 83.1289, 41.3513)
Luminance	0.8313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED97 #97A4FA

analogous

#FABB97 #FAED97 #D5FA97

triadic

#FAED97 #97FAED #ED97FA

tetradic

#FAED97 #97FABB #97A4FA #FA97D5

square

#FAED97 #97FABB #97A4FA #FA97D5

split-complementary

#FAED97 #97D5FA #BB97FA

monochromatic

#F4D922 #F7E35D #FAED97 #FDF7D1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAED97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#FAED97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED97

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED97	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.107 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b6',
    500: '#faed97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed97;
$custom-light: #fdf2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93767,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED97

secondary

#5B6CDA

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED97

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

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