#FAEE96#FAEE96

#FAEE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE96
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.31, -8.09, 44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.31, 44.75, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.95% -0.0219 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(93.95% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.5053, 83.6772, 41.0222)
Luminance	0.8367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE96 #96A2FA

analogous

#FABC96 #FAEE96 #D4FA96

triadic

#FAEE96 #96FAEE #EE96FA

tetradic

#FAEE96 #96FABC #96A2FA #FA96D4

square

#FAEE96 #96FABC #96A2FA #FA96D4

split-complementary

#FAEE96 #96D4FA #BC96FA

monochromatic

#F4DB21 #F7E55C #FAEE96 #FDF7D0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#FAEE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE96

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE96	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b6',
    500: '#faee96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee96;
$custom-light: #fdf3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93952,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE96

secondary

#5A69DA

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE96

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

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