#FAEC9F#FAEC9F

#FAEC9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.098 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC9F
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -6.12, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 39.55, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(93.7% -0.0155 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(93.7% 0.098 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.6790, 82.8202, 44.7935)
Luminance	0.8282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC9F #9FADFA

analogous

#FABE9F #FAEC9F #DBFA9F

triadic

#FAEC9F #9FFAEC #EC9FFA

tetradic

#FAEC9F #9FFABE #9FADFA #FA9FDB

square

#FAEC9F #9FFABE #9FADFA #FA9FDB

split-complementary

#FAEC9F #9FDBFA #BE9FFA

monochromatic

#F4D52B #F7E065 #FAEC9F #FDF8D9 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FAEC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC9F

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC9F	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)

#FAE899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEDA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.098 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2bc',
    500: '#faec9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec9f;
$custom-light: #fdf2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93698,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC9F

secondary

#6275DB

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC9F

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

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