#FAEF8F#FAEF8F

#FAEF8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF8F
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 143)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 42.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.47, -9.30, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.47, 48.53, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(94.05% -0.0259 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(94.05% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.2504, 84.0423, 38.2391)
Luminance	0.8404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF8F #8F9AFA

analogous

#FABA8F #FAEF8F #CFFA8F

triadic

#FAEF8F #8FFAEF #EF8FFA

tetradic

#FAEF8F #8FFABA #8F9AFA #FA8FCF

square

#FAEF8F #8FFABA #8F9AFA #FA8FCF

split-complementary

#FAEF8F #8FCFFA #BA8FFA

monochromatic

#F5DE1A #F7E754 #FAEF8F #FDF7CA #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FAEF8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF8F

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF8F	1.00	1.18	17.81	17.81
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b1',
    500: '#faef8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef8f;
$custom-light: #fdf4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 91.453,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94047,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF8F

secondary

#5462D9

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF8F

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

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