#FAEF90#FAEF90

#FAEF90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.117 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF90
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 144)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.48, -9.20, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.48, 48.05, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(94.06% -0.0255 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(94.06% 0.117 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.3265, 84.0728, 38.6398)
Luminance	0.8407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF90 #909BFA

analogous

#FABA90 #FAEF90 #D0FA90

triadic

#FAEF90 #90FAEF #EF90FA

tetradic

#FAEF90 #90FABA #909BFA #FA90D0

square

#FAEF90 #90FABA #909BFA #FA90D0

split-complementary

#FAEF90 #90D0FA #BA90FA

monochromatic

#F5DE1B #F7E755 #FAEF90 #FDF7CB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FAEF90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF90

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF90	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)

#FFE988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.117 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b2',
    500: '#faef90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef90;
$custom-light: #fdf4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94062,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF90

secondary

#5562DA

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF90

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

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