#FAEE5F#FAEE5F

#FAEE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.161 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE5F
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.71, -12.63, 68.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.71, 69.62, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.28% -0.0403 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(93.28% 0.161 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.0671, 82.3019, 22.9139)
Luminance	0.8230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE5F #5F6BFA

analogous

#FAA15F #FAEE5F #B8FA5F

triadic

#FAEE5F #5FFAEE #EE5FFA

tetradic

#FAEE5F #5FFAA1 #5F6BFA #FA5FB8

square

#FAEE5F #5FFAA1 #5F6BFA #FA5FB8

split-complementary

#FAEE5F #5FB8FA #A15FFA

monochromatic

#D8C807 #F8E824 #FAEE5F #FCF49A #FEFBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#FAEE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE5F

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE5F	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.161 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff392',
    500: '#faee5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee5f;
$custom-light: #fff392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93279,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE5F

secondary

#2B38D2

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE5F

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

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