#FAEDAD#FAEDAD

#FAEDAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.083 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDAD
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 173)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 30.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.41, -4.99, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.41, 33.04, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0115 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.083 98)
XYZ	xyz(77.2521, 83.9114, 51.6541)
Luminance	0.8391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDAD #ADBAFA

analogous

#FAC6AD #FAEDAD #E0FAAD

triadic

#FAEDAD #ADFAED #EDADFA

tetradic

#FAEDAD #ADFAC6 #ADBAFA #FAADE0

square

#FAEDAD #ADFAC6 #ADBAFA #FAADE0

split-complementary

#FAEDAD #ADE0FA #C6ADFA

monochromatic

#F3D43A #F6E073 #FAEDAD #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAEDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDAD

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDAD	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.083 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2c6',
    500: '#faedad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedad;
$custom-light: #fdf2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94148,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.83909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDAD

secondary

#6E81DD

accent

#27E500

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDAD

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

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