#FAEEA7#FAEEA7
#FAEEA7 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.091 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAEEA7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 238, 167) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 89%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 33%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 33.2%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.57, -6.21, 35.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.57, 36.42, 99.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.24% -0.0153 0.0892) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.24% 0.091 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(76.9749, 84.2650, 48.7616) |
| Luminance | 0.8426 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 1.04
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 2.81
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 3.19
Dark Cream
#FFF39A
ΔE00 3.20
Buff
#FEF69E
ΔE00 3.40
Parchment
#FEFCAF
ΔE00 3.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAEEA7 #A7B3FA
analogous
#FAC5A7 #FAEEA7 #DDFAA7
triadic
#FAEEA7 #A7FAEE #EEA7FA
tetradic
#FAEEA7 #A7FAC5 #A7B3FA #FAA7DD
square
#FAEEA7 #A7FAC5 #A7B3FA #FAA7DD
split-complementary
#FAEEA7 #A7DDFA #C5A7FA
monochromatic
#F3D833 #F7E36D #FAEEA7 #FDF9E1 #FDF9E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.18
#FAEEA7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.85
#FAEEA7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAEEA7
17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAEEA7 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAEEA7 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 17.85 | 17.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBEAA2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEFAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE4DC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faeea7; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 167); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.091 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fdf3c1',
500: '#faeea7',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faeea7; $custom-light: #fdf3c1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faeea7",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 238,
"b": 167
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.325,
"s": 89.247,
"l": 81.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94237,
"c": 0.09052,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.84263
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAEEA7
secondary
#697ADC
accent
#21E600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF9
border
#D7D6D2
text
#181712
muted
#868582