#FAEC8B#FAEC8B

#FAEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC8B
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.65, -8.20, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.65, 49.24, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.38% -0.0231 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(93.38% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.0818, 82.1813, 36.3813)
Luminance	0.8218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC8B #8B99FA

analogous

#FAB58B #FAEC8B #D1FA8B

triadic

#FAEC8B #8BFAEC #EC8BFA

tetradic

#FAEC8B #8BFAB5 #8B99FA #FA8BD1

square

#FAEC8B #8BFAB5 #8B99FA #FA8BD1

split-complementary

#FAEC8B #8BD1FA #B58BFA

monochromatic

#F5D916 #F7E250 #FAEC8B #FDF6C6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#FAEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC8B

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC8B	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#faec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec8b;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93384,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC8B

secondary

#5062D9

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC8B

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

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