#FAEF88#FAEF88

#FAEF88 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.125 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF88
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 136)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 45.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.38, -9.97, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.38, 51.86, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.95% -0.0285 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(93.95% 0.125 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.7366, 83.8368, 35.5330)
Luminance	0.8384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF88 #8893FA

analogous

#FAB688 #FAEF88 #CCFA88

triadic

#FAEF88 #88FAEF #EF88FA

tetradic

#FAEF88 #88FAB6 #8893FA #FA88CC

square

#FAEF88 #88FAB6 #8893FA #FA88CC

split-complementary

#FAEF88 #88CCFA #B688FA

monochromatic

#F5DF13 #F8E74D #FAEF88 #FCF7C3 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#FAEF88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF88

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF88	1.00	1.18	17.77	17.77
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.125 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ac',
    500: '#faef88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef88;
$custom-light: #fef4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 91.935,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93947,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF88

secondary

#4E5BD9

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF88

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

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