#FAEE86#FAEE86

#FAEE86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.126 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE86
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 46.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -9.66, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 52.40, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.72% -0.0277 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(93.72% 0.126 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.3038, 83.1966, 34.6941)
Luminance	0.8319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE86 #8692FA

analogous

#FAB486 #FAEE86 #CCFA86

triadic

#FAEE86 #86FAEE #EE86FA

tetradic

#FAEE86 #86FAB4 #8692FA #FA86CC

square

#FAEE86 #86FAB4 #8692FA #FA86CC

split-complementary

#FAEE86 #86CCFA #B486FA

monochromatic

#F5DD10 #F8E64B #FAEE86 #FCF6C1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FAEE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE86

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE86	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.126 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3ab',
    500: '#faee86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee86;
$custom-light: #fef3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 92.063,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93717,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE86

secondary

#4C5AD8

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE86

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

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