#FAEC9A#FAEC9A

#FAEC9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9A
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 38.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.86, -6.67, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.86, 42.00, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0175 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.2539, 82.6501, 42.5545)
Luminance	0.8265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9A #9AA8FA

analogous

#FABC9A #FAEC9A #D8FA9A

triadic

#FAEC9A #9AFAEC #EC9AFA

tetradic

#FAEC9A #9AFABC #9AA8FA #FA9AD8

square

#FAEC9A #9AFABC #9AA8FA #FA9AD8

split-complementary

#FAEC9A #9AD8FA #BC9AFA

monochromatic

#F4D625 #F7E160 #FAEC9A #FDF7D4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FAEC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9A

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9A	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b8',
    500: '#faec9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9a;
$custom-light: #fdf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93615,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9A

secondary

#5D70DB

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9A

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

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