#FAEF9D#FAEF9D

#FAEF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF9D
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.66, -7.84, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.66, 41.76, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0206 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.3779, 84.4933, 44.1772)
Luminance	0.8449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF9D #9DA8FA

analogous

#FAC09D #FAEF9D #D7FA9D

triadic

#FAEF9D #9DFAEF #EF9DFA

tetradic

#FAEF9D #9DFAC0 #9DA8FA #FA9DD7

square

#FAEF9D #9DFAC0 #9DA8FA #FA9DD7

split-complementary

#FAEF9D #9DD7FA #C09DFA

monochromatic

#F4DC29 #F7E563 #FAEF9D #FDF9D7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FAEF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF9D

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF9D	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bb',
    500: '#faef9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef9d;
$custom-light: #fdf4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94265,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF9D

secondary

#606FDB

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF9D

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

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