#FAEE8C#FAEE8C

#FAEE8C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8C
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 140)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 44%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.18, -9.09, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.18, 49.56, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0256 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.7342, 83.3687, 36.9609)
Luminance	0.8337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8C #8C98FA

analogous

#FAB78C #FAEE8C #CFFA8C

triadic

#FAEE8C #8CFAEE #EE8CFA

tetradic

#FAEE8C #8CFAB7 #8C98FA #FA8CCF

square

#FAEE8C #8CFAB7 #8C98FA #FA8CCF

split-complementary

#FAEE8C #8CCFFA #B78CFA

monochromatic

#F5DD17 #F7E551 #FAEE8C #FDF7C7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAEE8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8C

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8C	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)

#FEE884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3af',
    500: '#faee8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8c;
$custom-light: #fef3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93802,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8C

secondary

#5160D9

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8C

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

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