#FAEC97#FAEC97

#FAEC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.106 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC97
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -6.99, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 43.46, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(93.57% -0.0186 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(93.57% 0.106 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.0072, 82.5515, 41.2550)
Luminance	0.8255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC97 #97A5FA

analogous

#FABA97 #FAEC97 #D6FA97

triadic

#FAEC97 #97FAEC #EC97FA

tetradic

#FAEC97 #97FABA #97A5FA #FA97D6

square

#FAEC97 #97FABA #97A5FA #FA97D6

split-complementary

#FAEC97 #97D6FA #BA97FA

monochromatic

#F4D722 #F7E15D #FAEC97 #FDF7D1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FAEC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC97

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC97	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.106 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b6',
    500: '#faec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec97;
$custom-light: #fdf2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93566,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC97

secondary

#5B6DDA

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC97

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

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