#FAEF8A#FAEF8A

#FAEF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.123 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8A
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.40, -9.78, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.40, 50.91, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.98% -0.0277 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(93.98% 0.123 103)
XYZ	xyz(74.8800, 83.8942, 36.2886)
Luminance	0.8389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8A #8A95FA

analogous

#FAB78A #FAEF8A #CDFA8A

triadic

#FAEF8A #8AFAEF #EF8AFA

tetradic

#FAEF8A #8AFAB7 #8A95FA #FA8ACD

square

#FAEF8A #8AFAB7 #8A95FA #FA8ACD

split-complementary

#FAEF8A #8ACDFA #B78AFA

monochromatic

#F5DF15 #F7E74F #FAEF8A #FDF7C5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAEF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8A

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8A	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.123 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ae',
    500: '#faef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8a;
$custom-light: #fef4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93975,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.83892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8A

secondary

#4F5DD9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8A

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

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