#FAEDB3#FAEDB3

#FAEDB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.075 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDB3
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 179)
HSL	hsl(49, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 28.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.52, -4.24, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.52, 30.05, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0091 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.075 97)
XYZ	xyz(77.8458, 84.1488, 54.7807)
Luminance	0.8415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDB3 #B3C0FA

analogous

#FACAB3 #FAEDB3 #E4FAB3

triadic

#FAEDB3 #B3FAED #EDB3FA

tetradic

#FAEDB3 #B3FACA #B3C0FA #FAB3E4

square

#FAEDB3 #B3FACA #B3C0FA #FAB3E4

split-complementary

#FAEDB3 #B3E4FA #CAB3FA

monochromatic

#F2D240 #F6DF7A #FAEDB3 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.83

#FAEDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDB3

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDB3	1.00	1.18	17.83	17.83
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9EAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.075 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2ca',
    500: '#faedb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedb3;
$custom-light: #fcf2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 87.654,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94264,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.84147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDB3

secondary

#7487DE

accent

#2BE401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171713

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDB3

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

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