#FAEE90#FAEE90

#FAEE90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.116 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE90
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 144)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.23, -8.70, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.23, 47.65, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(93.86% -0.0241 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(93.86% 0.116 102)
XYZ	xyz(75.0345, 83.4889, 38.5425)
Luminance	0.8349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE90 #909CFA

analogous

#FAB990 #FAEE90 #D1FA90

triadic

#FAEE90 #90FAEE #EE90FA

tetradic

#FAEE90 #90FAB9 #909CFA #FA90D1

square

#FAEE90 #90FAB9 #909CFA #FA90D1

split-complementary

#FAEE90 #90D1FA #B990FA

monochromatic

#F5DC1B #F7E555 #FAEE90 #FDF7CB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#FAEE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE90

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE90	1.00	1.19	17.70	17.70
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.116 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b2',
    500: '#faee90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee90;
$custom-light: #fdf3b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9386,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.83487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE90

secondary

#5564DA

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE90

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

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