#FAEF97#FAEF97

#FAEF97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.109 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF97
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.58, -8.48, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.58, 44.68, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(94.17% -0.0229 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(94.17% 0.109 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.8782, 84.2934, 41.5454)
Luminance	0.8429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF97 #97A2FA

analogous

#FABD97 #FAEF97 #D3FA97

triadic

#FAEF97 #97FAEF #EF97FA

tetradic

#FAEF97 #97FABD #97A2FA #FA97D3

square

#FAEF97 #97FABD #97A2FA #FA97D3

split-complementary

#FAEF97 #97D3FA #BD97FA

monochromatic

#F4DD22 #F7E65D #FAEF97 #FDF8D1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#FAEF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF97

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF97	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.109 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b6',
    500: '#faef97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef97;
$custom-light: #fdf4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94169,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF97

secondary

#5B69DA

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF97

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

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