#FAEC9B#FAEC9B

#FAEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.102 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9B
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.88, -6.56, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.88, 41.51, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.63% -0.0171 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(93.63% 0.102 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.3375, 82.6836, 42.9950)
Luminance	0.8268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9B #9BA9FA

analogous

#FABD9B #FAEC9B #D9FA9B

triadic

#FAEC9B #9BFAEC #EC9BFA

tetradic

#FAEC9B #9BFABD #9BA9FA #FA9BD9

square

#FAEC9B #9BFABD #9BA9FA #FA9BD9

split-complementary

#FAEC9B #9BD9FA #BD9BFA

monochromatic

#F4D626 #F7E161 #FAEC9B #FDF7D5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.54

#FAEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9B

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9B	1.00	1.20	17.54	17.54
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.102 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2b9',
    500: '#faec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9b;
$custom-light: #fdf2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93631,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9B

secondary

#5E71DB

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9B

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

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