#FAEEA8#FAEEA8

#FAEEA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.089 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEEA8
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 168)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 32.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.58, -6.09, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.58, 35.93, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0149 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.089 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.0677, 84.3021, 49.2504)
Luminance	0.8430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEEA8 #A8B4FA

analogous

#FAC5A8 #FAEEA8 #DDFAA8

triadic

#FAEEA8 #A8FAEE #EEA8FA

tetradic

#FAEEA8 #A8FAC5 #A8B4FA #FAA8DD

square

#FAEEA8 #A8FAC5 #A8B4FA #FAA8DD

split-complementary

#FAEEA8 #A8DDFA #C5A8FA

monochromatic

#F3D734 #F7E36E #FAEEA8 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#FAEEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEEA8

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEEA8	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.089 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3c2',
    500: '#faeea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeea8;
$custom-light: #fdf3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 89.13,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94255,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEEA8

secondary

#6A7BDC

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEEA8

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

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