#FAEC8F#FAEC8F

#FAEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC8F
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 42.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.71, -7.81, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.71, 47.33, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(93.44% -0.0216 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(93.44% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.3794, 82.3003, 37.9488)
Luminance	0.8230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC8F #8F9DFA

analogous

#FAB78F #FAEC8F #D2FA8F

triadic

#FAEC8F #8FFAEC #EC8FFA

tetradic

#FAEC8F #8FFAB7 #8F9DFA #FA8FD2

square

#FAEC8F #8FFAB7 #8F9DFA #FA8FD2

split-complementary

#FAEC8F #8FD2FA #B78FFA

monochromatic

#F5D81A #F7E254 #FAEC8F #FDF6CA #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#FAEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC8F

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC8F	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b1',
    500: '#faec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec8f;
$custom-light: #fdf2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 91.453,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93443,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC8F

secondary

#5465D9

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC8F

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

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