#FAEFA3#FAEFA3

#FAEFA3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.096 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA3
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 163)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.76, -7.17, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.76, 38.81, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(94.37% -0.0183 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(94.37% 0.096 101)
XYZ	xyz(76.9027, 84.7033, 46.9415)
Luminance	0.8470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA3 #A3AEFA

analogous

#FAC3A3 #FAEFA3 #D9FAA3

triadic

#FAEFA3 #A3FAEF #EFA3FA

tetradic

#FAEFA3 #A3FAC3 #A3AEFA #FAA3D9

square

#FAEFA3 #A3FAC3 #A3AEFA #FAA3D9

split-complementary

#FAEFA3 #A3D9FA #C3A3FA

monochromatic

#F4DB2F #F7E569 #FAEFA3 #FDF9DD #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FAEFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA3

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA3	1.00	1.17	17.94	17.94
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.096 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bf',
    500: '#faefa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa3;
$custom-light: #fdf4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 89.691,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94367,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.84701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA3

secondary

#6574DC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA3

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

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