#FAEE80#FAEE80

#FAEE80 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.132 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE80
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 128)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -10.19, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 55.20, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.64% -0.0299 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(93.64% 0.132 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.8972, 83.0339, 32.5524)
Luminance	0.8303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE80 #808CFA

analogous

#FAB180 #FAEE80 #C9FA80

triadic

#FAEE80 #80FAEE #EE80FA

tetradic

#FAEE80 #80FAB1 #808CFA #FA80C9

square

#FAEE80 #80FAB1 #808CFA #FA80C9

split-complementary

#FAEE80 #80C9FA #B180FA

monochromatic

#F5DE0A #F8E645 #FAEE80 #FCF6BB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#FAEE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE80

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE80	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.132 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3a7',
    500: '#faee80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee80;
$custom-light: #fef3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93638,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE80

secondary

#4755D7

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE80

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

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