#FAED9D#FAED9D

#FAED9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.101 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED9D
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -6.84, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 40.94, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.0177 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.101 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7956, 83.3288, 43.9831)
Luminance	0.8333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED9D #9DAAFA

analogous

#FABF9D #FAED9D #D8FA9D

triadic

#FAED9D #9DFAED #ED9DFA

tetradic

#FAED9D #9DFABF #9DAAFA #FA9DD8

square

#FAED9D #9DFABF #9DAAFA #FA9DD8

split-complementary

#FAED9D #9DD8FA #BF9DFA

monochromatic

#F4D829 #F7E263 #FAED9D #FDF8D7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAED9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAED9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED9D

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED9D	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.101 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2bb',
    500: '#faed9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed9d;
$custom-light: #fdf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93865,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED9D

secondary

#6071DB

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED9D

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

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