#FAEDB5#FAEDB5

#FAEDB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.073 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDB5
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 181)
HSL	hsl(49, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 27.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -3.98, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 29.05, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.3% -0.0084 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(94.3% 0.073 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.0495, 84.2303, 55.8537)
Luminance	0.8423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDB5 #B5C2FA

analogous

#FACBB5 #FAEDB5 #E4FAB5

triadic

#FAEDB5 #B5FAED #EDB5FA

tetradic

#FAEDB5 #B5FACB #B5C2FA #FAB5E4

square

#FAEDB5 #B5FACB #B5C2FA #FAB5E4

split-complementary

#FAEDB5 #B5E4FA #CBB5FA

monochromatic

#F2D142 #F6DF7C #FAEDB5 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FAEDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDB5

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDB5	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8EAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEFB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.073 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2cb',
    500: '#faedb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedb5;
$custom-light: #fcf2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94303,
    "c": 0.0731,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDB5

secondary

#7589DE

accent

#2CE402

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDB5

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

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