#FAEE85#FAEE85

#FAEE85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE85
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.09, -9.75, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.09, 52.87, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(93.7% -0.0281 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(93.7% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.2344, 83.1688, 34.3285)
Luminance	0.8317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE85 #8591FA

analogous

#FAB385 #FAEE85 #CCFA85

triadic

#FAEE85 #85FAEE #EE85FA

tetradic

#FAEE85 #85FAB3 #8591FA #FA85CC

square

#FAEE85 #85FAB3 #8591FA #FA85CC

split-complementary

#FAEE85 #85CCFA #B385FA

monochromatic

#F5DE0F #F8E64A #FAEE85 #FCF6C0 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#FAEE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE85

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE85	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3aa',
    500: '#faee85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee85;
$custom-light: #fef3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93704,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE85

secondary

#4B5AD8

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE85

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

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