#FAEFB1#FAEFB1

#FAEFB1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.080 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB1
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 177)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 29.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -5.49, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 31.87, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0128 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.08 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(78.2272, 85.2331, 53.9172)
Luminance	0.8523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB1 #B1BCFA

analogous

#FACAB1 #FAEFB1 #E0FAB1

triadic

#FAEFB1 #B1FAEF #EFB1FA

tetradic

#FAEFB1 #B1FACA #B1BCFA #FAB1E0

square

#FAEFB1 #B1FACA #B1BCFA #FAB1E0

split-complementary

#FAEFB1 #B1E0FA #CAB1FA

monochromatic

#F3D73E #F6E377 #FAEFB1 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FAEFB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB1

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB1	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.080 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4c8',
    500: '#faefb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb1;
$custom-light: #fcf4c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 87.952,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94622,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB1

secondary

#7282DD

accent

#23E501

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB1

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

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