#FAEF9F#FAEF9F

#FAEF9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF9F
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.69, -7.62, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.69, 40.78, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(94.3% -0.0199 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(94.3% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.5500, 84.5622, 45.0838)
Luminance	0.8456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF9F #9FAAFA

analogous

#FAC19F #FAEF9F #D8FA9F

triadic

#FAEF9F #9FFAEF #EF9FFA

tetradic

#FAEF9F #9FFAC1 #9FAAFA #FA9FD8

square

#FAEF9F #9FFAC1 #9FAAFA #FA9FD8

split-complementary

#FAEF9F #9FD8FA #C19FFA

monochromatic

#F4DC2B #F7E565 #FAEF9F #FDF9D9 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FAEF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF9F

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF9F	1.00	1.17	17.91	17.91
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bc',
    500: '#faef9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef9f;
$custom-light: #fdf4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94299,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF9F

secondary

#6271DB

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF9F

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

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