#FAEF8E#FAEF8E

#FAEF8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.119 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8E
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.46, -9.40, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.46, 49.01, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.0263 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.119 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.1750, 84.0122, 37.8419)
Luminance	0.8401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8E #8E99FA

analogous

#FAB98E #FAEF8E #CFFA8E

triadic

#FAEF8E #8EFAEF #EF8EFA

tetradic

#FAEF8E #8EFAB9 #8E99FA #FA8ECF

square

#FAEF8E #8EFAB9 #8E99FA #FA8ECF

split-complementary

#FAEF8E #8ECFFA #B98EFA

monochromatic

#F5DE19 #F7E753 #FAEF8E #FDF7C9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FAEF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8E

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8E	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)

#FFE986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.119 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b0',
    500: '#faef8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8e;
$custom-light: #fef4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94032,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8E

secondary

#5361D9

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8E

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

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