#FAEC9E#FAEC9E

#FAEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.099 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9E
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.92, -6.23, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.92, 40.04, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(93.68% -0.0159 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(93.68% 0.099 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.5926, 82.7856, 44.3384)
Luminance	0.8278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9E #9EACFA

analogous

#FABE9E #FAEC9E #DAFA9E

triadic

#FAEC9E #9EFAEC #EC9EFA

tetradic

#FAEC9E #9EFABE #9EACFA #FA9EDA

square

#FAEC9E #9EFABE #9EACFA #FA9EDA

split-complementary

#FAEC9E #9EDAFA #BE9EFA

monochromatic

#F4D52A #F7E164 #FAEC9E #FDF7D8 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FAEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9E

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9E	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.099 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2bb',
    500: '#faec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9e;
$custom-light: #fdf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93681,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9E

secondary

#6174DB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9E

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

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