#FAEC96#FAEC96

#FAEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.108 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC96
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -7.09, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 43.95, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(93.55% -0.019 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(93.55% 0.108 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.9263, 82.5191, 40.8292)
Luminance	0.8252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC96 #96A4FA

analogous

#FABA96 #FAEC96 #D6FA96

triadic

#FAEC96 #96FAEC #EC96FA

tetradic

#FAEC96 #96FABA #96A4FA #FA96D6

square

#FAEC96 #96FABA #96A4FA #FA96D6

split-complementary

#FAEC96 #96D6FA #BA96FA

monochromatic

#F4D721 #F7E15C #FAEC96 #FDF7D0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FAEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC96

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC96	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)

#FBE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.108 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b6',
    500: '#faec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec96;
$custom-light: #fdf2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93551,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC96

secondary

#5A6CDA

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC96

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

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