#FAEFB3#FAEFB3

#FAEFB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.077 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB3
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 179)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 28.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.02, -5.24, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.02, 30.88, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(94.66% -0.012 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(94.66% 0.077 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.4280, 85.3134, 54.9748)
Luminance	0.8531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB3 #B3BEFA

analogous

#FACCB3 #FAEFB3 #E2FAB3

triadic

#FAEFB3 #B3FAEF #EFB3FA

tetradic

#FAEFB3 #B3FACC #B3BEFA #FAB3E2

square

#FAEFB3 #B3FACC #B3BEFA #FAB3E2

split-complementary

#FAEFB3 #B3E2FA #CCB3FA

monochromatic

#F2D740 #F6E37A #FAEFB3 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#FAEFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB3

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB3	1.00	1.16	18.06	18.06
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEBAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.077 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4ca',
    500: '#faefb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb3;
$custom-light: #fcf4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 87.654,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94661,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB3

secondary

#7484DE

accent

#24E401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171713

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB3

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

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