#FAEFB9#FAEFB9

#FAEFB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.070 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB9
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 185)
HSL	hsl(50, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 26%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.12, -4.47, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.12, 27.88, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(94.78% -0.0097 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(94.78% 0.07 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.0481, 85.5614, 58.2404)
Luminance	0.8556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB9 #B9C4FA

analogous

#FACEB9 #FAEFB9 #E4FAB9

triadic

#FAEFB9 #B9FAEF #EFB9FA

tetradic

#FAEFB9 #B9FACE #B9C4FA #FAB9E4

square

#FAEFB9 #B9FACE #B9C4FA #FAB9E4

split-complementary

#FAEFB9 #B9E4FA #CEB9FA

monochromatic

#F2D547 #F6E280 #FAEFB9 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FAEFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB9

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB9	1.00	1.16	18.11	18.11
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAECB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDF0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.070 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4ce',
    500: '#faefb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb9;
$custom-light: #fcf4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9478,
    "c": 0.07032,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB9

secondary

#798ADE

accent

#28E302

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB9

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

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