#FAEDB8#FAEDB8

#FAEDB8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.070 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDB8
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 184)
HSL	hsl(48, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 26.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.60, -3.59, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.60, 27.56, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.36% -0.0072 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(94.36% 0.07 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.3606, 84.3548, 57.4923)
Luminance	0.8435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDB8 #B8C5FA

analogous

#FACCB8 #FAEDB8 #E6FAB8

triadic

#FAEDB8 #B8FAED #EDB8FA

tetradic

#FAEDB8 #B8FACC #B8C5FA #FAB8E6

square

#FAEDB8 #B8FACC #B8C5FA #FAB8E6

split-complementary

#FAEDB8 #B8E6FA #CCB8FA

monochromatic

#F2D046 #F6DF7F #FAEDB8 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FAEDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDB8

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDB8	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8EAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.070 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2cd',
    500: '#faedb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedb8;
$custom-light: #fcf2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 86.842,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94363,
    "c": 0.06952,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDB8

secondary

#788CDE

accent

#2EE302

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDB8

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

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