#FAEC9C#FAEC9C

#FAEC9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.101 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9C
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 37.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.89, -6.45, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.89, 41.02, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.65% -0.0167 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(93.65% 0.101 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.4219, 82.7173, 43.4391)
Luminance	0.8272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9C #9CAAFA

analogous

#FABD9C #FAEC9C #D9FA9C

triadic

#FAEC9C #9CFAEC #EC9CFA

tetradic

#FAEC9C #9CFABD #9CAAFA #FA9CD9

square

#FAEC9C #9CFABD #9CAAFA #FA9CD9

split-complementary

#FAEC9C #9CD9FA #BD9CFA

monochromatic

#F4D627 #F7E162 #FAEC9C #FDF7D6 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.54

#FAEC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9C

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9C	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)

#FBE796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.101 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2ba',
    500: '#faec9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9c;
$custom-light: #fdf2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93648,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9C

secondary

#5F72DB

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9C

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

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