#FAEFB4#FAEFB4

#FAEFB4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.076 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB4
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 180)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 28%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.04, -5.12, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.04, 30.38, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0116 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.076 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(78.5295, 85.3540, 55.5093)
Luminance	0.8535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB4 #B4BFFA

analogous

#FACCB4 #FAEFB4 #E2FAB4

triadic

#FAEFB4 #B4FAEF #EFB4FA

tetradic

#FAEFB4 #B4FACC #B4BFFA #FAB4E2

square

#FAEFB4 #B4FACC #B4BFFA #FAB4E2

split-complementary

#FAEFB4 #B4E2FA #CCB4FA

monochromatic

#F2D741 #F6E37B #FAEFB4 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.07

#FAEFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB4

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB4	1.00	1.16	18.07	18.07
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBEBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.076 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4ca',
    500: '#faefb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb4;
$custom-light: #fcf4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9468,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB4

secondary

#7485DE

accent

#25E401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171713

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB4

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

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