#FAEC98#FAEC98

#FAEC98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.105 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC98
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.83, -6.88, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.83, 42.97, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.0182 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.105 100)
XYZ	xyz(75.0887, 82.5841, 41.6846)
Luminance	0.8258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC98 #98A6FA

analogous

#FABB98 #FAEC98 #D7FA98

triadic

#FAEC98 #98FAEC #EC98FA

tetradic

#FAEC98 #98FABB #98A6FA #FA98D7

square

#FAEC98 #98FABB #98A6FA #FA98D7

split-complementary

#FAEC98 #98D7FA #BB98FA

monochromatic

#F4D623 #F7E15E #FAEC98 #FDF7D2 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FAEC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC98

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC98	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.105 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b7',
    500: '#faec98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec98;
$custom-light: #fdf2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93582,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.82582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC98

secondary

#5C6EDB

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC98

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

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