#faeb9d

Color #faeb9d

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 6.58 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#faeb9d

RGB

rgb(250, 235, 157)

HSL

hsl(50.3, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.3, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6%, 37.2%, 2%)

LAB

lab(92.65, -5.84, 39.7)

LCH

lch(92.65, 40.13, 98.37)

OKLCH

oklch(93.5%, 0.0989, 98.66)

HWB

hwb(50.3, 61.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dacfa

Analogous

#fabc9d

#faeb9d

#dbfa9d

Triadic

#faeb9d

#9dfaeb

#eb9dfa

Split-complementary

#faeb9d

#9ddbfa

#bc9dfa

Tetradic

#faeb9d

#acfa9d

#9dacfa

#eb9dfa

Square

#faeb9d

#9dfabc

#9dacfa

#fa9ddb

Shades

Color #faeb9d mixed toward black.

#f7de5c

#f3d11c

#c2a40a

#816d07

#413703

Tints

Color #faeb9d mixed toward white.

#fbeead

#fcf2be

#fdf5ce

#fdf8de

#fefcef

Tones

Color #faeb9d mixed toward gray.

#f2e6a5

#eae0ac

#e3dbb4

#dbd6bc

#d3d1c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4b4 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#f5f6b9 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#f9c4c7 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#eaeaea · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #faeb9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#faeb9d]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#faeb9d (#faeb9d) is rgb(250, 235, 157) in RGB.

No, #faeb9d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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