#FAED99#FAED99

#FAED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.105 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED99
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -7.28, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 42.89, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0193 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.105 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4597, 83.1944, 42.2140)
Luminance	0.8319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED99 #99A6FA

analogous

#FABD99 #FAED99 #D7FA99

triadic

#FAED99 #99FAED #ED99FA

tetradic

#FAED99 #99FABD #99A6FA #FA99D7

square

#FAED99 #99FABD #99A6FA #FA99D7

split-complementary

#FAED99 #99D7FA #BD99FA

monochromatic

#F4D824 #F7E35F #FAED99 #FDF7D3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FAED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED99

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED99	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.105 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b8',
    500: '#faed99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed99;
$custom-light: #fdf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93799,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED99

secondary

#5D6DDB

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED99

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

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