#FAEEA5#FAEEA5

#FAEEA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.093 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEEA5
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 165)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 34%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.53, -6.44, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.53, 37.41, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.2% -0.0161 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(94.2% 0.093 100)
XYZ	xyz(76.7914, 84.1916, 47.7954)
Luminance	0.8419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEEA5 #A5B1FA

analogous

#FAC4A5 #FAEEA5 #DCFAA5

triadic

#FAEEA5 #A5FAEE #EEA5FA

tetradic

#FAEEA5 #A5FAC4 #A5B1FA #FAA5DC

square

#FAEEA5 #A5FAC4 #A5B1FA #FAA5DC

split-complementary

#FAEEA5 #A5DCFA #C4A5FA

monochromatic

#F4D831 #F7E36B #FAEEA5 #FDF9DF #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.84

#FAEEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEEA5

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEEA5	1.00	1.18	17.84	17.84
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.093 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3c0',
    500: '#faeea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeea5;
$custom-light: #fdf3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94202,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.8419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEEA5

secondary

#6778DC

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEEA5

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

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