#FAEF8C#FAEF8C

#FAEF8C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.121 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8C
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 140)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.43, -9.59, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.43, 49.96, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(94% -0.027 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(94% 0.121 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.0262, 83.9526, 37.0582)
Luminance	0.8395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8C #8C97FA

analogous

#FAB88C #FAEF8C #CEFA8C

triadic

#FAEF8C #8CFAEF #EF8CFA

tetradic

#FAEF8C #8CFAB8 #8C97FA #FA8CCE

square

#FAEF8C #8CFAB8 #8C97FA #FA8CCE

split-complementary

#FAEF8C #8CCEFA #B88CFA

monochromatic

#F5DF17 #F7E751 #FAEF8C #FDF7C7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.79

#FAEF8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8C

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8C	1.00	1.18	17.79	17.79
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.121 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4af',
    500: '#faef8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8c;
$custom-light: #fef4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94003,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8C

secondary

#515FD9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8C

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

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