#FAEFB0#FAEFB0

#FAEFB0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.081 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB0
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 176)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 29.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.97, -5.62, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.97, 32.37, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(94.6% -0.0132 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(94.6% 0.081 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.1279, 85.1933, 53.3942)
Luminance	0.8519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB0 #B0BBFA

analogous

#FACAB0 #FAEFB0 #E0FAB0

triadic

#FAEFB0 #B0FAEF #EFB0FA

tetradic

#FAEFB0 #B0FACA #B0BBFA #FAB0E0

square

#FAEFB0 #B0FACA #B0BBFA #FAB0E0

split-complementary

#FAEFB0 #B0E0FA #CAB0FA

monochromatic

#F3D83D #F6E376 #FAEFB0 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#FAEFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB0

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB0	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.081 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4c8',
    500: '#faefb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb0;
$custom-light: #fcf4c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 88.095,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94603,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB0

secondary

#7181DD

accent

#23E501

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB0

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

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