#FAEDC5#FAEDC5

#FAEDC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.054 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEDC5
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 197)
HSL	hsl(45, 84%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(45, 21%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 21.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -1.83, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 21.07, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(94.64% -0.002 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(94.64% 0.054 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.7864, 84.9251, 65.0016)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEDC5 #C5D2FA

analogous

#FAD2C5 #FAEDC5 #ECFAC5

triadic

#FAEDC5 #C5FAED #EDC5FA

tetradic

#FAEDC5 #C5FAD2 #C5D2FA #FAC5EC

square

#FAEDC5 #C5FAD2 #C5D2FA #FAC5EC

split-complementary

#FAEDC5 #C5ECFA #D2C5FA

monochromatic

#F0CA54 #F5DC8D #FAEDC5 #FDF6E3 #FDF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAEDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FAEDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEDC5

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEDC5	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6EBC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faedc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.054 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2d6',
    500: '#faedc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faedc5;
$custom-light: #fcf2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faedc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 87.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94639,
    "c": 0.05384,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEDC5

secondary

#849ADF

accent

#3BE105

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEDC5

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

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