#FAEC9D#FAEC9D

#FAEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.100 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9D
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.91, -6.34, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.91, 40.53, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.67% -0.0163 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(93.67% 0.1 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.5069, 82.7513, 43.8869)
Luminance	0.8275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9D #9DABFA

analogous

#FABE9D #FAEC9D #D9FA9D

triadic

#FAEC9D #9DFAEC #EC9DFA

tetradic

#FAEC9D #9DFABE #9DABFA #FA9DD9

square

#FAEC9D #9DFABE #9DABFA #FA9DD9

split-complementary

#FAEC9D #9DD9FA #BE9DFA

monochromatic

#F4D529 #F7E163 #FAEC9D #FDF7D7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FAEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9D

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9D	1.00	1.20	17.55	17.55
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.100 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2bb',
    500: '#faec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9d;
$custom-light: #fdf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93665,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9D

secondary

#6073DB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9D

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

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