#FAEC99#FAEC99

#FAEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.104 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC99
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.85, -6.78, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.85, 42.49, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0178 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.104 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.1710, 82.6170, 42.1177)
Luminance	0.8262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC99 #99A7FA

analogous

#FABC99 #FAEC99 #D8FA99

triadic

#FAEC99 #99FAEC #EC99FA

tetradic

#FAEC99 #99FABC #99A7FA #FA99D8

square

#FAEC99 #99FABC #99A7FA #FA99D8

split-complementary

#FAEC99 #99D8FA #BC99FA

monochromatic

#F4D624 #F7E15F #FAEC99 #FDF7D3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FAEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC99

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC99	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)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.104 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b8',
    500: '#faec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec99;
$custom-light: #fdf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93599,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC99

secondary

#5D6FDB

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC99

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

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