#FAEFB5#FAEFB5

#FAEFB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.075 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB5
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 181)
HSL	hsl(50, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.05, -4.99, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.05, 29.88, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(94.7% -0.0112 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(94.7% 0.075 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.6318, 85.3949, 56.0478)
Luminance	0.8539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB5 #B5C0FA

analogous

#FACDB5 #FAEFB5 #E3FAB5

triadic

#FAEFB5 #B5FAEF #EFB5FA

tetradic

#FAEFB5 #B5FACD #B5C0FA #FAB5E3

square

#FAEFB5 #B5FACD #B5C0FA #FAB5E3

split-complementary

#FAEFB5 #B5E3FA #CDB5FA

monochromatic

#F2D642 #F6E37C #FAEFB5 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#FAEFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB5

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB5	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAEBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.075 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4cb',
    500: '#faefb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb5;
$custom-light: #fcf4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.947,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB5

secondary

#7586DE

accent

#26E402

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB5

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

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