#FAEDB4#FAEDB4

#FAEDB4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.074 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDB4
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 180)
HSL	hsl(49, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 28%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.53, -4.11, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.53, 29.55, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.0088 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.074 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.9473, 84.1894, 55.3152)
Luminance	0.8419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDB4 #B4C1FA

analogous

#FACAB4 #FAEDB4 #E4FAB4

triadic

#FAEDB4 #B4FAED #EDB4FA

tetradic

#FAEDB4 #B4FACA #B4C1FA #FAB4E4

square

#FAEDB4 #B4FACA #B4C1FA #FAB4E4

split-complementary

#FAEDB4 #B4E4FA #CAB4FA

monochromatic

#F2D141 #F6DF7B #FAEDB4 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.84

#FAEDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDB4

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDB4	1.00	1.18	17.84	17.84
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9EAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.074 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2ca',
    500: '#faedb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedb4;
$custom-light: #fcf2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94283,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDB4

secondary

#7488DE

accent

#2CE401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171713

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDB4

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

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