#FAEF8D#FAEF8D

#FAEF8D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.120 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8D
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 141)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.44, -9.49, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.44, 49.49, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(94.02% -0.0266 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(94.02% 0.12 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.1002, 83.9823, 37.4483)
Luminance	0.8398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8D #8D98FA

analogous

#FAB98D #FAEF8D #CFFA8D

triadic

#FAEF8D #8DFAEF #EF8DFA

tetradic

#FAEF8D #8DFAB9 #8D98FA #FA8DCF

square

#FAEF8D #8DFAB9 #8D98FA #FA8DCF

split-complementary

#FAEF8D #8DCFFA #B98DFA

monochromatic

#F5DF18 #F7E752 #FAEF8D #FDF7C8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FAEF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8D

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8D	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.120 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b0',
    500: '#faef8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8d;
$custom-light: #fef4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94018,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8D

secondary

#5260D9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8D

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

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