#FAEF9A#FAEF9A

#FAEF9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF9A
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 38.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.62, -8.17, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.62, 43.22, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(94.22% -0.0218 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(94.22% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.1249, 84.3921, 42.8448)
Luminance	0.8439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF9A #9AA5FA

analogous

#FABF9A #FAEF9A #D5FA9A

triadic

#FAEF9A #9AFAEF #EF9AFA

tetradic

#FAEF9A #9AFABF #9AA5FA #FA9AD5

square

#FAEF9A #9AFABF #9AA5FA #FA9AD5

split-complementary

#FAEF9A #9AD5FA #BF9AFA

monochromatic

#F4DD25 #F7E660 #FAEF9A #FDF8D4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.88

#FAEF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF9A

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF9A	1.00	1.17	17.88	17.88
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b9',
    500: '#faef9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef9a;
$custom-light: #fdf4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94216,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF9A

secondary

#5D6CDB

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF9A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →