#FAEE6E#FAEE6E

#FAEE6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.149 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE6E
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.84, -11.63, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.84, 63.30, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.43% -0.0359 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(93.43% 0.149 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.8157, 82.6013, 26.8569)
Luminance	0.8260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE6E #6E7AFA

analogous

#FAA86E #FAEE6E #C0FA6E

triadic

#FAEE6E #6EFAEE #EE6EFA

tetradic

#FAEE6E #6EFAA8 #6E7AFA #FA6EC0

square

#FAEE6E #6EFAA8 #6E7AFA #FA6EC0

split-complementary

#FAEE6E #6EC0FA #A86EFA

monochromatic

#E6D308 #F8E733 #FAEE6E #FCF5A9 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FAEE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE6E

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE6E	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.149 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff39b',
    500: '#faee6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee6e;
$custom-light: #fff39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93426,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE6E

secondary

#3745D5

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE6E

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

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