#FAEFAD#FAEFAD

#FAEFAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.085 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFAD
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 173)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 30.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.92, -5.99, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.92, 33.87, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(94.55% -0.0144 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(94.55% 0.085 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.8344, 85.0759, 51.8482)
Luminance	0.8507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFAD #ADB8FA

analogous

#FAC8AD #FAEFAD #DEFAAD

triadic

#FAEFAD #ADFAEF #EFADFA

tetradic

#FAEFAD #ADFAC8 #ADB8FA #FAADDE

square

#FAEFAD #ADFAC8 #ADB8FA #FAADDE

split-complementary

#FAEFAD #ADDEFA #C8ADFA

monochromatic

#F3D83A #F6E473 #FAEFAD #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.01

#FAEFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFAD

18.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFAD	1.00	1.17	18.01	18.01
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.085 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c6',
    500: '#faefad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefad;
$custom-light: #fdf4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94547,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFAD

secondary

#6E7EDD

accent

#21E500

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFAD

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

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