#FAEF98#FAEF98

#FAEF98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.108 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF98
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.59, -8.38, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.59, 44.19, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(94.18% -0.0225 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(94.18% 0.108 102)
XYZ	xyz(75.9597, 84.3261, 41.9749)
Luminance	0.8432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF98 #98A3FA

analogous

#FABE98 #FAEF98 #D4FA98

triadic

#FAEF98 #98FAEF #EF98FA

tetradic

#FAEF98 #98FABE #98A3FA #FA98D4

square

#FAEF98 #98FABE #98A3FA #FA98D4

split-complementary

#FAEF98 #98D4FA #BE98FA

monochromatic

#F4DD23 #F7E65E #FAEF98 #FDF8D2 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#FAEF98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF98

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF98	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)

#FEEA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.108 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b7',
    500: '#faef98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef98;
$custom-light: #fdf4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94184,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.84324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF98

secondary

#5C6ADB

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF98

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

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