#FAEE9A#FAEE9A

#FAEE9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9A
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.37, -7.67, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.37, 42.81, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(94.02% -0.0203 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(94.02% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.8329, 83.8082, 42.7475)
Luminance	0.8381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9A #9AA6FA

analogous

#FABE9A #FAEE9A #D6FA9A

triadic

#FAEE9A #9AFAEE #EE9AFA

tetradic

#FAEE9A #9AFABE #9AA6FA #FA9AD6

square

#FAEE9A #9AFABE #9AA6FA #FA9AD6

split-complementary

#FAEE9A #9AD6FA #BE9AFA

monochromatic

#F4DA25 #F7E460 #FAEE9A #FDF8D4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FAEE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9A

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9A	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b9',
    500: '#faee9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9a;
$custom-light: #fdf3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94016,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9A

secondary

#5D6DDB

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9A

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

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