#FAECAD#FAECAD

#FAECAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.082 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAECAD
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 30.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -4.48, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 32.63, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(93.95% -0.0101 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(93.95% 0.082 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.9634, 83.3339, 51.5579)
Luminance	0.8333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAECAD #ADBBFA

analogous

#FAC5AD #FAECAD #E1FAAD

triadic

#FAECAD #ADFAEC #ECADFA

tetradic

#FAECAD #ADFAC5 #ADBBFA #FAADE1

square

#FAECAD #ADFAC5 #ADBBFA #FAADE1

split-complementary

#FAECAD #ADE1FA #C5ADFA

monochromatic

#F3D13A #F6DF73 #FAECAD #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAECAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAECAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAECAD

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAECAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAECAD	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faecad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.082 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2c6',
    500: '#faecad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faecad;
$custom-light: #fdf2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faecad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9395,
    "c": 0.08156,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAECAD

secondary

#6E82DD

accent

#2AE500

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAECAD

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

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