#FAEC95#FAEC95

#FAEC95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.109 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC95
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 149)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 40.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.79, -7.20, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.79, 44.43, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(93.54% -0.0194 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(93.54% 0.109 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.8461, 82.4870, 40.4069)
Luminance	0.8248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC95 #95A3FA

analogous

#FAB995 #FAEC95 #D5FA95

triadic

#FAEC95 #95FAEC #EC95FA

tetradic

#FAEC95 #95FAB9 #95A3FA #FA95D5

square

#FAEC95 #95FAB9 #95A3FA #FA95D5

split-complementary

#FAEC95 #95D5FA #B995FA

monochromatic

#F4D720 #F7E25B #FAEC95 #FDF6CF #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FAEC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC95

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC95	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.109 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b5',
    500: '#faec95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec95;
$custom-light: #fdf2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 90.991,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93535,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC95

secondary

#596BDA

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC95

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

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