#FAEF8B#FAEF8B

#FAEF8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.122 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8B
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 139)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.42, -9.68, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.42, 50.44, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.99% -0.0274 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(93.99% 0.122 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.9528, 83.9233, 36.6716)
Luminance	0.8392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8B #8B96FA

analogous

#FAB88B #FAEF8B #CEFA8B

triadic

#FAEF8B #8BFAEF #EF8BFA

tetradic

#FAEF8B #8BFAB8 #8B96FA #FA8BCE

square

#FAEF8B #8BFAB8 #8B96FA #FA8BCE

split-complementary

#FAEF8B #8BCEFA #B88BFA

monochromatic

#F5DF16 #F7E750 #FAEF8B #FDF7C6 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAEF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8B

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8B	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)

#FFE983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.122 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ae',
    500: '#faef8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8b;
$custom-light: #fef4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93989,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8B

secondary

#505ED9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8B

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

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