#FAEF95#FAEF95

#FAEF95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.112 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF95
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 40.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -8.69, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 45.65, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(94.14% -0.0237 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(94.14% 0.112 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.7171, 84.2290, 40.6972)
Luminance	0.8423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF95 #95A0FA

analogous

#FABC95 #FAEF95 #D2FA95

triadic

#FAEF95 #95FAEF #EF95FA

tetradic

#FAEF95 #95FABC #95A0FA #FA95D2

square

#FAEF95 #95FABC #95A0FA #FA95D2

split-complementary

#FAEF95 #95D2FA #BC95FA

monochromatic

#F4DD20 #F7E65B #FAEF95 #FDF8CF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FAEF95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF95

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF95	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE98E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.112 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b5',
    500: '#faef95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef95;
$custom-light: #fdf4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 90.991,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94137,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF95

secondary

#5967DA

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF95

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

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