#FAEFA9#FAEFA9

#FAEFA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.089 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFA9
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 169)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 32.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -6.47, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 35.85, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(94.47% -0.016 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(94.47% 0.089 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.4531, 84.9234, 49.8402)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFA9 #A9B4FA

analogous

#FAC7A9 #FAEFA9 #DDFAA9

triadic

#FAEFA9 #A9FAEF #EFA9FA

tetradic

#FAEFA9 #A9FAC7 #A9B4FA #FAA9DD

square

#FAEFA9 #A9FAC7 #A9B4FA #FAA9DD

split-complementary

#FAEFA9 #A9DDFA #C7A9FA

monochromatic

#F3D935 #F7E46F #FAEFA9 #FDFAE2 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FAEFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFA9

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFA9	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)

#FCEBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.089 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c3',
    500: '#faefa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefa9;
$custom-light: #fdf4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94473,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFA9

secondary

#6B7ADD

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFA9

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

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