#FAEE8D#FAEE8D

#FAEE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8D
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.19, -9.00, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.19, 49.08, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.82% -0.0252 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(93.82% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.8083, 83.3984, 37.3510)
Luminance	0.8340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8D #8D99FA

analogous

#FAB88D #FAEE8D #D0FA8D

triadic

#FAEE8D #8DFAEE #EE8DFA

tetradic

#FAEE8D #8DFAB8 #8D99FA #FA8DD0

square

#FAEE8D #8DFAB8 #8D99FA #FA8DD0

split-complementary

#FAEE8D #8DD0FA #B88DFA

monochromatic

#F5DD18 #F7E552 #FAEE8D #FDF7C8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.68

#FAEE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8D

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8D	1.00	1.19	17.68	17.68
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3b0',
    500: '#faee8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8d;
$custom-light: #fef3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93816,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8D

secondary

#5261D9

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8D

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

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