#FAEC93#FAEC93

#FAEC93 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC93
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 147)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 41.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.76, -7.40, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.76, 45.40, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.5% -0.0201 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.6878, 82.4237, 39.5732)
Luminance	0.8242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC93 #93A1FA

analogous

#FAB993 #FAEC93 #D4FA93

triadic

#FAEC93 #93FAEC #EC93FA

tetradic

#FAEC93 #93FAB9 #93A1FA #FA93D4

square

#FAEC93 #93FAB9 #93A1FA #FA93D4

split-complementary

#FAEC93 #93D4FA #B993FA

monochromatic

#F5D71E #F7E259 #FAEC93 #FDF6CD #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.48

#FAEC93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC93

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC93	1.00	1.20	17.48	17.48
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b4',
    500: '#faec93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec93;
$custom-light: #fdf2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 91.15,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93504,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC93

secondary

#5769DA

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC93

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

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