#FAEC8A#FAEC8A

#FAEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC8A
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.64, -8.29, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.64, 49.72, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(93.37% -0.0234 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(93.37% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.0090, 82.1522, 35.9983)
Luminance	0.8215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC8A #8A98FA

analogous

#FAB48A #FAEC8A #D0FA8A

triadic

#FAEC8A #8AFAEC #EC8AFA

tetradic

#FAEC8A #8AFAB4 #8A98FA #FA8AD0

square

#FAEC8A #8AFAB4 #8A98FA #FA8AD0

split-complementary

#FAEC8A #8AD0FA #B48AFA

monochromatic

#F5D915 #F7E24F #FAEC8A #FDF6C5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#FAEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC8A

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC8A	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#faec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec8a;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9337,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC8A

secondary

#4F61D9

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC8A

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

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