#FAEE88#FAEE88

#FAEE88 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.124 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE88
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 45.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.13, -9.47, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.13, 51.46, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.75% -0.027 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(93.75% 0.124 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.4446, 83.2529, 35.4357)
Luminance	0.8325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE88 #8894FA

analogous

#FAB588 #FAEE88 #CDFA88

triadic

#FAEE88 #88FAEE #EE88FA

tetradic

#FAEE88 #88FAB5 #8894FA #FA88CD

square

#FAEE88 #88FAB5 #8894FA #FA88CD

split-complementary

#FAEE88 #88CDFA #B588FA

monochromatic

#F5DD13 #F8E64D #FAEE88 #FCF6C3 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#FAEE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE88

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE88	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.124 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3ac',
    500: '#faee88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee88;
$custom-light: #fef3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 91.935,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93745,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE88

secondary

#4E5CD9

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE88

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

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