#FAEFA8#FAEFA8

#FAEFA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.090 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA8
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 168)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 32.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.83, -6.59, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.83, 36.34, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(94.46% -0.0164 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(94.46% 0.09 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(77.3596, 84.8860, 49.3477)
Luminance	0.8488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA8 #A8B3FA

analogous

#FAC6A8 #FAEFA8 #DCFAA8

triadic

#FAEFA8 #A8FAEF #EFA8FA

tetradic

#FAEFA8 #A8FAC6 #A8B3FA #FAA8DC

square

#FAEFA8 #A8FAC6 #A8B3FA #FAA8DC

split-complementary

#FAEFA8 #A8DCFA #C6A8FA

monochromatic

#F3DA34 #F7E46E #FAEFA8 #FDFAE2 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FAEFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA8

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA8	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.090 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c2',
    500: '#faefa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa8;
$custom-light: #fdf4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 89.13,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94455,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA8

secondary

#6A79DC

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA8

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

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