#FAE9CD#FAE9CD

#FAE9CD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.041 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE9CD
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(37, 82%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(37, 18%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 18%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.02, 1.35, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.02, 15.76, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% 0.0069 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.041 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(79.5823, 83.0111, 69.5762)
Luminance	0.8301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE9CD #CDDEFA

analogous

#FAD3CD #FAE9CD #F5FACD

triadic

#FAE9CD #CDFAE9 #E9CDFA

tetradic

#FAE9CD #CDFAD3 #CDDEFA #FACDF5

square

#FAE9CD #CDFAD3 #CDDEFA #FACDF5

split-complementary

#FAE9CD #CDF5FA #D3CDFA

monochromatic

#EFB85E #F4D195 #FAE9CD #FCF3E3 #FCF3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAE9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.60

#FAE9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE9CD

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE9CD	1.00	1.19	17.60	17.60
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5EDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.041 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf0dc',
    500: '#fae9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae9cd;
$custom-light: #fcf0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94038,
    "c": 0.04121,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE9CD

secondary

#8CABE0

accent

#58DE07

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFC

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE9CD

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

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