#FAEE99#FAEE99

#FAEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE99
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.35, -7.78, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.35, 43.30, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(94% -0.0207 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(94% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.7500, 83.7751, 42.3107)
Luminance	0.8377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE99 #99A5FA

analogous

#FABE99 #FAEE99 #D6FA99

triadic

#FAEE99 #99FAEE #EE99FA

tetradic

#FAEE99 #99FABE #99A5FA #FA99D6

square

#FAEE99 #99FABE #99A5FA #FA99D6

split-complementary

#FAEE99 #99D6FA #BE99FA

monochromatic

#F4DB24 #F7E45F #FAEE99 #FDF8D3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE99

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE99	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b8',
    500: '#faee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee99;
$custom-light: #fdf3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE99

secondary

#5D6CDB

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE99

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

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