#FAEFA4#FAEFA4

#FAEFA4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA4
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 164)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.77, -7.05, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.77, 38.32, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(94.38% -0.0179 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(94.38% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.9927, 84.7392, 47.4153)
Luminance	0.8474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA4 #A4AFFA

analogous

#FAC4A4 #FAEFA4 #DAFAA4

triadic

#FAEFA4 #A4FAEF #EFA4FA

tetradic

#FAEFA4 #A4FAC4 #A4AFFA #FAA4DA

square

#FAEFA4 #A4FAC4 #A4AFFA #FAA4DA

split-complementary

#FAEFA4 #A4DAFA #C4A4FA

monochromatic

#F4DB30 #F7E56A #FAEFA4 #FDF9DE #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#FAEFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA4

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA4	1.00	1.17	17.95	17.95
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bf',
    500: '#faefa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa4;
$custom-light: #fdf4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 89.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94384,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA4

secondary

#6675DC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA4

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

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