#FAEFA0#FAEFA0

#FAEFA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA0
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 160)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 36%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.71, -7.51, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.71, 40.29, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(94.32% -0.0195 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(94.32% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.6371, 84.5970, 45.5427)
Luminance	0.8459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA0 #A0ABFA

analogous

#FAC2A0 #FAEFA0 #D8FAA0

triadic

#FAEFA0 #A0FAEF #EFA0FA

tetradic

#FAEFA0 #A0FAC2 #A0ABFA #FAA0D8

square

#FAEFA0 #A0FAC2 #A0ABFA #FAA0D8

split-complementary

#FAEFA0 #A0D8FA #C2A0FA

monochromatic

#F4DB2C #F7E566 #FAEFA0 #FDF9DA #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FAEFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA0

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA0	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bd',
    500: '#faefa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa0;
$custom-light: #fdf4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94316,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA0

secondary

#6371DC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA0

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

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