#FAEE8E#FAEE8E

#FAEE8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.118 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8E
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.20, -8.90, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.20, 48.60, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.83% -0.0248 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(93.83% 0.118 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.8830, 83.4283, 37.7446)
Luminance	0.8343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8E #8E9AFA

analogous

#FAB88E #FAEE8E #D0FA8E

triadic

#FAEE8E #8EFAEE #EE8EFA

tetradic

#FAEE8E #8EFAB8 #8E9AFA #FA8ED0

square

#FAEE8E #8EFAB8 #8E9AFA #FA8ED0

split-complementary

#FAEE8E #8ED0FA #B88EFA

monochromatic

#F5DC19 #F7E553 #FAEE8E #FDF7C9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#FAEE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8E

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8E	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.118 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3b0',
    500: '#faee8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8e;
$custom-light: #fef3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93831,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8E

secondary

#5362D9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8E

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

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