#FAEFA5#FAEFA5

#FAEFA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.094 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA5
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 165)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.79, -6.94, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.79, 37.83, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(94.4% -0.0175 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(94.4% 0.094 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.0834, 84.7755, 47.8928)
Luminance	0.8477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA5 #A5B0FA

analogous

#FAC5A5 #FAEFA5 #DBFAA5

triadic

#FAEFA5 #A5FAEF #EFA5FA

tetradic

#FAEFA5 #A5FAC5 #A5B0FA #FAA5DB

square

#FAEFA5 #A5FAC5 #A5B0FA #FAA5DB

split-complementary

#FAEFA5 #A5DBFA #C5A5FA

monochromatic

#F4DA31 #F7E56B #FAEFA5 #FDF9DF #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#FAEFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA5

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA5	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)

#FCEAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.094 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c0',
    500: '#faefa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa5;
$custom-light: #fdf4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94402,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA5

secondary

#6776DC

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA5

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

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