#FAEC90#FAEC90

#FAEC90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC90
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 144)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -7.71, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 46.85, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(93.46% -0.0212 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(93.46% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.4555, 82.3308, 38.3495)
Luminance	0.8233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC90 #909EFA

analogous

#FAB790 #FAEC90 #D3FA90

triadic

#FAEC90 #90FAEC #EC90FA

tetradic

#FAEC90 #90FAB7 #909EFA #FA90D3

square

#FAEC90 #90FAB7 #909EFA #FA90D3

split-complementary

#FAEC90 #90D3FA #B790FA

monochromatic

#F5D81B #F7E255 #FAEC90 #FDF6CB #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#FAEC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC90

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC90	1.00	1.20	17.47	17.47
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b2',
    500: '#faec90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec90;
$custom-light: #fdf2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93458,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC90

secondary

#5566DA

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC90

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

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