#FAEFA1#FAEFA1

#FAEFA1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.098 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA1
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 161)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 35.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.72, -7.40, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.72, 39.80, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0191 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.098 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.7250, 84.6322, 46.0053)
Luminance	0.8463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA1 #A1ACFA

analogous

#FAC2A1 #FAEFA1 #D8FAA1

triadic

#FAEFA1 #A1FAEF #EFA1FA

tetradic

#FAEFA1 #A1FAC2 #A1ACFA #FAA1D8

square

#FAEFA1 #A1FAC2 #A1ACFA #FAA1D8

split-complementary

#FAEFA1 #A1D8FA #C2A1FA

monochromatic

#F4DB2D #F7E567 #FAEFA1 #FDF9DB #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.93

#FAEFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA1

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA1	1.00	1.17	17.93	17.93
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.098 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bd',
    500: '#faefa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa1;
$custom-light: #fdf4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 89.899,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94332,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA1

secondary

#6472DC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA1

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

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