#FAEC8D#FAEC8D

#FAEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC8D
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.68, -8.00, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.68, 48.28, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.0223 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(74.2292, 82.2403, 37.1580)
Luminance	0.8224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC8D #8D9BFA

analogous

#FAB68D #FAEC8D #D1FA8D

triadic

#FAEC8D #8DFAEC #EC8DFA

tetradic

#FAEC8D #8DFAB6 #8D9BFA #FA8DD1

square

#FAEC8D #8DFAB6 #8D9BFA #FA8DD1

split-complementary

#FAEC8D #8DD1FA #B68DFA

monochromatic

#F5D818 #F7E252 #FAEC8D #FDF6C8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#FAEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC8D

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC8D	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b0',
    500: '#faec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec8d;
$custom-light: #fef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93413,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.82238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC8D

secondary

#5263D9

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC8D

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

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