#FAEFA6#FAEFA6

#FAEFA6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.093 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA6
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 166)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.80, -6.82, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.80, 37.33, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.42% -0.0171 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(94.42% 0.093 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.1747, 84.8121, 48.3740)
Luminance	0.8481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA6 #A6B1FA

analogous

#FAC5A6 #FAEFA6 #DBFAA6

triadic

#FAEFA6 #A6FAEF #EFA6FA

tetradic

#FAEFA6 #A6FAC5 #A6B1FA #FAA6DB

square

#FAEFA6 #A6FAC5 #A6B1FA #FAA6DB

split-complementary

#FAEFA6 #A6DBFA #C5A6FA

monochromatic

#F3DA32 #F7E56C #FAEFA6 #FDF9E0 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FAEFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA6

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA6	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.093 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c1',
    500: '#faefa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa6;
$custom-light: #fdf4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 89.362,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94419,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA6

secondary

#6877DC

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA6

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

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