#FAEE9E#FAEE9E

#FAEE9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.101 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9E
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.43, -7.23, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.43, 40.85, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(94.08% -0.0188 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(94.08% 0.101 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.1716, 83.9437, 44.5314)
Luminance	0.8394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9E #9EAAFA

analogous

#FAC09E #FAEE9E #D8FA9E

triadic

#FAEE9E #9EFAEE #EE9EFA

tetradic

#FAEE9E #9EFAC0 #9EAAFA #FA9ED8

square

#FAEE9E #9EFAC0 #9EAAFA #FA9ED8

split-complementary

#FAEE9E #9ED8FA #C09EFA

monochromatic

#F4DA2A #F7E464 #FAEE9E #FDF8D8 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.79

#FAEE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9E

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9E	1.00	1.18	17.79	17.79
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.101 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3bb',
    500: '#faee9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9e;
$custom-light: #fdf3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94082,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9E

secondary

#6171DB

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9E

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

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