#FAEF99#FAEF99

#FAEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF99
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.61, -8.27, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.61, 43.71, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.2% -0.0221 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(94.2% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.0420, 84.3590, 42.4080)
Luminance	0.8436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF99 #99A4FA

analogous

#FABF99 #FAEF99 #D5FA99

triadic

#FAEF99 #99FAEF #EF99FA

tetradic

#FAEF99 #99FABF #99A4FA #FA99D5

square

#FAEF99 #99FABF #99A4FA #FA99D5

split-complementary

#FAEF99 #99D5FA #BF99FA

monochromatic

#F4DD24 #F7E65F #FAEF99 #FDF8D3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FAEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF99

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF99	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b8',
    500: '#faef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef99;
$custom-light: #fdf4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.942,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF99

secondary

#5D6BDB

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF99

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

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