#FAEF9B#FAEF9B

#FAEF9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF9B
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.64, -8.06, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.64, 42.73, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(94.23% -0.0214 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(94.23% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.2085, 84.4256, 43.2853)
Luminance	0.8442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF9B #9BA6FA

analogous

#FAC09B #FAEF9B #D5FA9B

triadic

#FAEF9B #9BFAEF #EF9BFA

tetradic

#FAEF9B #9BFAC0 #9BA6FA #FA9BD5

square

#FAEF9B #9BFAC0 #9BA6FA #FA9BD5

split-complementary

#FAEF9B #9BD5FA #C09BFA

monochromatic

#F4DC26 #F7E661 #FAEF9B #FDF8D5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.88

#FAEF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF9B

17.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF9B	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)

#FEEA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4b9',
    500: '#faef9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef9b;
$custom-light: #fdf4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94233,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.84424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF9B

secondary

#5E6DDB

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF9B

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

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