#FAEE8F#FAEE8F

#FAEE8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE8F
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 143)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 42.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.21, -8.80, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.21, 48.13, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.85% -0.0245 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(93.85% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.9584, 83.4584, 38.1418)
Luminance	0.8346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE8F #8F9BFA

analogous

#FAB98F #FAEE8F #D1FA8F

triadic

#FAEE8F #8FFAEE #EE8FFA

tetradic

#FAEE8F #8FFAB9 #8F9BFA #FA8FD1

square

#FAEE8F #8FFAB9 #8F9BFA #FA8FD1

split-complementary

#FAEE8F #8FD1FA #B98FFA

monochromatic

#F5DC1A #F7E554 #FAEE8F #FDF7CA #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#FAEE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE8F

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE8F	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)

#FEE887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b1',
    500: '#faee8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee8f;
$custom-light: #fdf3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 91.453,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93845,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE8F

secondary

#5463D9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE8F

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

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