#FAEE8B#FAEE8B

#FAEE8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8B
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 139)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -9.19, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 50.03, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.79% -0.0259 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(93.79% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.6608, 83.3394, 36.5743)
Luminance	0.8334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8B #8B97FA

analogous

#FAB78B #FAEE8B #CFFA8B

triadic

#FAEE8B #8BFAEE #EE8BFA

tetradic

#FAEE8B #8BFAB7 #8B97FA #FA8BCF

square

#FAEE8B #8BFAB7 #8B97FA #FA8BCF

split-complementary

#FAEE8B #8BCFFA #B78BFA

monochromatic

#F5DD16 #F7E550 #FAEE8B #FDF7C6 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAEE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8B

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8B	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3ae',
    500: '#faee8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8b;
$custom-light: #fef3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93787,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8B

secondary

#505FD9

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8B

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

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