#FAECA9#FAECA9

#FAECA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.086 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAECA9
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 169)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 32.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.09, -4.97, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.09, 34.62, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(93.88% -0.0116 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(93.88% 0.086 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.5821, 83.1814, 49.5499)
Luminance	0.8318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAECA9 #A9B7FA

analogous

#FAC4A9 #FAECA9 #DFFAA9

triadic

#FAECA9 #A9FAEC #ECA9FA

tetradic

#FAECA9 #A9FAC4 #A9B7FA #FAA9DF

square

#FAECA9 #A9FAC4 #A9B7FA #FAA9DF

split-complementary

#FAECA9 #A9DFFA #C4A9FA

monochromatic

#F3D235 #F7DF6F #FAECA9 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAECA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FAECA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAECA9

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAECA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAECA9	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.086 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2c3',
    500: '#faeca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeca9;
$custom-light: #fdf2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93875,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAECA9

secondary

#6B7EDD

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAECA9

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

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