#FAE8CD#FAE8CD

#FAE8CD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.041 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE8CD
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 205)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(36, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 18%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.77, 1.86, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.77, 15.46, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% 0.0084 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.041 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(79.3000, 82.4466, 69.4821)
Luminance	0.8245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE8CD #CDDFFA

analogous

#FAD2CD #FAE8CD #F6FACD

triadic

#FAE8CD #CDFAE8 #E8CDFA

tetradic

#FAE8CD #CDFAD2 #CDDFFA #FACDF6

square

#FAE8CD #CDFAD2 #CDDFFA #FACDF6

split-complementary

#FAE8CD #CDF6FA #D2CDFA

monochromatic

#EFB55E #F4CE95 #FAE8CD #FCF2E3 #FCF2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAE8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#FAE8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE8CD

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE8CD	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4ECCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.041 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcefdc',
    500: '#fae8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae8cd;
$custom-light: #fcefdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93843,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE8CD

secondary

#8CADE0

accent

#5DDE07

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE8CD

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

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