#FAEE9F#FAEE9F

#FAEE9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE9F
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.44, -7.12, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.44, 40.36, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0184 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.2581, 83.9783, 44.9865)
Luminance	0.8398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE9F #9FABFA

analogous

#FAC09F #FAEE9F #D8FA9F

triadic

#FAEE9F #9FFAEE #EE9FFA

tetradic

#FAEE9F #9FFAC0 #9FABFA #FA9FD8

square

#FAEE9F #9FFAC0 #9FABFA #FA9FD8

split-complementary

#FAEE9F #9FD8FA #C09FFA

monochromatic

#F4D92B #F7E465 #FAEE9F #FDF8D9 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FAEE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE9F

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE9F	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3bc',
    500: '#faee9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee9f;
$custom-light: #fdf3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94098,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE9F

secondary

#6272DB

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE9F

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

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