#FAEF9C#FAEF9C

#FAEF9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF9C
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 37.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.65, -7.95, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.65, 42.25, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.021 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.2928, 84.4593, 43.7294)
Luminance	0.8446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF9C #9CA7FA

analogous

#FAC09C #FAEF9C #D6FA9C

triadic

#FAEF9C #9CFAEF #EF9CFA

tetradic

#FAEF9C #9CFAC0 #9CA7FA #FA9CD6

square

#FAEF9C #9CFAC0 #9CA7FA #FA9CD6

split-complementary

#FAEF9C #9CD6FA #C09CFA

monochromatic

#F4DC27 #F7E662 #FAEF9C #FDF8D6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.89

#FAEF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF9C

17.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF9C	1.00	1.17	17.89	17.89
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4ba',
    500: '#faef9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef9c;
$custom-light: #fdf4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94249,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.84457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF9C

secondary

#5F6EDB

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF9C

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

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