#FAEDC3#FAEDC3

#FAEDC3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.056 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDC3
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 195)
HSL	hsl(46, 85%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(46, 22%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 22%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.81, -2.11, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.81, 22.07, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.6% -0.0028 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(94.6% 0.056 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.5588, 84.8341, 63.8027)
Luminance	0.8483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDC3 #C3D0FA

analogous

#FAD2C3 #FAEDC3 #ECFAC3

triadic

#FAEDC3 #C3FAED #EDC3FA

tetradic

#FAEDC3 #C3FAD2 #C3D0FA #FAC3EC

square

#FAEDC3 #C3FAD2 #C3D0FA #FAC3EC

split-complementary

#FAEDC3 #C3ECFA #D2C3FA

monochromatic

#F1CB52 #F5DC8B #FAEDC3 #FDF7E3 #FDF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FAEDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDC3

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDC3	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6EBC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.056 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2d5',
    500: '#faedc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedc3;
$custom-light: #fcf2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94595,
    "c": 0.05626,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDC3

secondary

#8298DF

accent

#39E104

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDC3

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

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