#FAEE8A#FAEE8A

#FAEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.122 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8A
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.15, -9.28, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.15, 50.51, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(93.77% -0.0263 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(93.77% 0.122 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.5881, 83.3103, 36.1913)
Luminance	0.8331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8A #8A96FA

analogous

#FAB68A #FAEE8A #CEFA8A

triadic

#FAEE8A #8AFAEE #EE8AFA

tetradic

#FAEE8A #8AFAB6 #8A96FA #FA8ACE

square

#FAEE8A #8AFAB6 #8A96FA #FA8ACE

split-complementary

#FAEE8A #8ACEFA #B68AFA

monochromatic

#F5DD15 #F7E54F #FAEE8A #FDF7C5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#FAEE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8A

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8A	1.00	1.19	17.66	17.66
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.122 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3ae',
    500: '#faee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8a;
$custom-light: #fef3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93773,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8A

secondary

#4F5ED9

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8A

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

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