#FAEC91#FAEC91

#FAEC91 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC91
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 42%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.73, -7.61, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.73, 46.36, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(93.47% -0.0209 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(93.47% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.5322, 82.3615, 38.7538)
Luminance	0.8236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC91 #919FFA

analogous

#FAB891 #FAEC91 #D3FA91

triadic

#FAEC91 #91FAEC #EC91FA

tetradic

#FAEC91 #91FAB8 #919FFA #FA91D3

square

#FAEC91 #91FAB8 #919FFA #FA91D3

split-complementary

#FAEC91 #91D3FA #B891FA

monochromatic

#F5D81C #F7E256 #FAEC91 #FDF6CC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#FAEC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC91

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC91	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)

#FCE78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b2',
    500: '#faec91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec91;
$custom-light: #fdf2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93473,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC91

secondary

#5667DA

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC91

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

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