#FAEEA9#FAEEA9

#FAEEA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.088 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEEA9
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 169)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 32.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.60, -5.97, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.60, 35.43, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0145 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.088 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.1612, 84.3395, 49.7429)
Luminance	0.8434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEEA9 #A9B5FA

analogous

#FAC6A9 #FAEEA9 #DEFAA9

triadic

#FAEEA9 #A9FAEE #EEA9FA

tetradic

#FAEEA9 #A9FAC6 #A9B5FA #FAA9DE

square

#FAEEA9 #A9FAC6 #A9B5FA #FAA9DE

split-complementary

#FAEEA9 #A9DEFA #C6A9FA

monochromatic

#F3D735 #F7E36F #FAEEA9 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FAEEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEEA9

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEEA9	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.088 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3c3',
    500: '#faeea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeea9;
$custom-light: #fdf3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94274,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEEA9

secondary

#6B7CDD

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEEA9

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

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