#FAEE9B#FAEE9B

#FAEE9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.104 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9B
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 155)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.38, -7.56, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.38, 42.32, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.02 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.104 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.9166, 83.8417, 43.1880)
Luminance	0.8384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9B #9BA7FA

analogous

#FABF9B #FAEE9B #D7FA9B

triadic

#FAEE9B #9BFAEE #EE9BFA

tetradic

#FAEE9B #9BFABF #9BA7FA #FA9BD7

square

#FAEE9B #9BFABF #9BA7FA #FA9BD7

split-complementary

#FAEE9B #9BD7FA #BF9BFA

monochromatic

#F4DA26 #F7E461 #FAEE9B #FDF8D5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#FAEE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9B

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9B	1.00	1.18	17.77	17.77
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.104 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b9',
    500: '#faee9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9b;
$custom-light: #fdf3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94032,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9B

secondary

#5E6EDB

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9B

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

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