#FAEFA7#FAEFA7

#FAEFA7 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA7
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 167)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.82, -6.71, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.82, 36.84, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0167 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.2668, 84.8489, 48.8590)
Luminance	0.8485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA7 #A7B2FA

analogous

#FAC6A7 #FAEFA7 #DCFAA7

triadic

#FAEFA7 #A7FAEF #EFA7FA

tetradic

#FAEFA7 #A7FAC6 #A7B2FA #FAA7DC

square

#FAEFA7 #A7FAC6 #A7B2FA #FAA7DC

split-complementary

#FAEFA7 #A7DCFA #C6A7FA

monochromatic

#F3DA33 #F7E46D #FAEFA7 #FDFAE1 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FAEFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA7

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA7	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c1',
    500: '#faefa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa7;
$custom-light: #fdf4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 89.247,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94437,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA7

secondary

#6978DC

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA7

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

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