#FAEE9C#FAEE9C

#FAEE9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.103 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9C
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 156)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.40, -7.45, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.40, 41.83, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(94.05% -0.0196 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(94.05% 0.103 101)
XYZ	xyz(76.0009, 83.8754, 43.6321)
Luminance	0.8387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9C #9CA8FA

analogous

#FABF9C #FAEE9C #D7FA9C

triadic

#FAEE9C #9CFAEE #EE9CFA

tetradic

#FAEE9C #9CFABF #9CA8FA #FA9CD7

square

#FAEE9C #9CFABF #9CA8FA #FA9CD7

split-complementary

#FAEE9C #9CD7FA #BF9CFA

monochromatic

#F4DA27 #F7E462 #FAEE9C #FDF8D6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#FAEE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9C

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9C	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)

#FCE996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.103 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3ba',
    500: '#faee9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9c;
$custom-light: #fdf3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94048,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.83873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9C

secondary

#5F6FDB

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9C

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

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