#FAEE9D#FAEE9D

#FAEE9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.102 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9D
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.41, -7.34, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.41, 41.34, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(94.07% -0.0192 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(94.07% 0.102 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.0859, 83.9094, 44.0799)
Luminance	0.8391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9D #9DA9FA

analogous

#FAC09D #FAEE9D #D8FA9D

triadic

#FAEE9D #9DFAEE #EE9DFA

tetradic

#FAEE9D #9DFAC0 #9DA9FA #FA9DD8

square

#FAEE9D #9DFAC0 #9DA9FA #FA9DD8

split-complementary

#FAEE9D #9DD8FA #C09DFA

monochromatic

#F4DA29 #F7E463 #FAEE9D #FDF8D7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAEE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9D

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9D	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.102 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3bb',
    500: '#faee9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9d;
$custom-light: #fdf3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94065,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9D

secondary

#6070DB

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9D

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

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