#FAEEB5#FAEEB5

#FAEEB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.074 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEEB5
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 181)
HSL	hsl(50, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 27.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.80, -4.49, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.80, 29.46, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(94.5% -0.0098 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(94.5% 0.074 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.3398, 84.8110, 55.9505)
Luminance	0.8481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEEB5 #B5C1FA

analogous

#FACCB5 #FAEEB5 #E4FAB5

triadic

#FAEEB5 #B5FAEE #EEB5FA

tetradic

#FAEEB5 #B5FACC #B5C1FA #FAB5E4

square

#FAEEB5 #B5FACC #B5C1FA #FAB5E4

split-complementary

#FAEEB5 #B5E4FA #CCB5FA

monochromatic

#F2D442 #F6E17C #FAEEB5 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FAEEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEEB5

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEEB5	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9EBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEFB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.074 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf3cb',
    500: '#faeeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeeb5;
$custom-light: #fcf3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94501,
    "c": 0.07409,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEEB5

secondary

#7588DE

accent

#29E402

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEEB5

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

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