#FAEF89#FAEF89

#FAEF89 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.124 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF89
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 45.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.39, -9.87, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.39, 51.38, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.96% -0.0281 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(93.96% 0.124 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.8080, 83.8654, 35.9091)
Luminance	0.8386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF89 #8994FA

analogous

#FAB689 #FAEF89 #CCFA89

triadic

#FAEF89 #89FAEF #EF89FA

tetradic

#FAEF89 #89FAB6 #8994FA #FA89CC

square

#FAEF89 #89FAB6 #8994FA #FA89CC

split-complementary

#FAEF89 #89CCFA #B689FA

monochromatic

#F5DF14 #F8E74E #FAEF89 #FCF7C4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#FAEF89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF89

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF89	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)

#FFE981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.124 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ad',
    500: '#faef89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef89;
$custom-light: #fef4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 91.87,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93961,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF89

secondary

#4F5CD9

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF89

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

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