#FAEC8E#FAEC8E

#FAEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC8E
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.69, -7.90, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.69, 47.81, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(93.43% -0.022 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(93.43% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.3040, 82.2702, 37.5516)
Luminance	0.8227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC8E #8E9CFA

analogous

#FAB68E #FAEC8E #D2FA8E

triadic

#FAEC8E #8EFAEC #EC8EFA

tetradic

#FAEC8E #8EFAB6 #8E9CFA #FA8ED2

square

#FAEC8E #8EFAB6 #8E9CFA #FA8ED2

split-complementary

#FAEC8E #8ED2FA #B68EFA

monochromatic

#F5D819 #F7E253 #FAEC8E #FDF6C9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#FAEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC8E

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC8E	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)

#FCE787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b0',
    500: '#faec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec8e;
$custom-light: #fef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93428,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC8E

secondary

#5364D9

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC8E

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

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