#FAEFC3#FAEFC3
#FAEFC3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.058 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAEFC3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 239, 195) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 85%, 87%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 22%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 22%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.31, -3.12, 22.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.31, 22.87, 97.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.99% -0.0057 0.0579) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.99% 0.058 95.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(80.1411, 85.9986, 63.9968) |
| Luminance | 0.8600 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pale
#FFF9D0
ΔE00 2.69
Lemonchiffon
#FFFACD
ΔE00 2.97
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 4.02
Cream
#FFFDD0
ΔE00 4.08
Lightgoldenrodyellow
#FAFAD2
ΔE00 4.44
Egg Shell
#FFFCC4
ΔE00 4.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAEFC3 #C3CEFA
analogous
#FAD4C3 #FAEFC3 #EAFAC3
triadic
#FAEFC3 #C3FAEF #EFC3FA
tetradic
#FAEFC3 #C3FAD4 #C3CEFA #FAC3EA
square
#FAEFC3 #C3FAD4 #C3CEFA #FAC3EA
split-complementary
#FAEFC3 #C3EAFA #D4C3FA
monochromatic
#F1D152 #F5E08B #FAEFC3 #FDF7E3 #FDF7E3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.15
#FAEFC3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.20
#FAEFC3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAEFC3
18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAEFC3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAEFC3 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 18.20 | 18.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8ECC0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCF0C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE8E3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EFEFEF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faefc3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 195); /* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.058 95.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcf4d5',
500: '#faefc3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faefc3; $custom-light: #fcf4d5; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faefc3",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 239,
"b": 195
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48,
"s": 84.615,
"l": 87.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94989,
"c": 0.05817,
"h": 95.6
},
"luminance": 0.85997
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAEFC3
secondary
#8295DF
accent
#31E104
background
#FFFFFE
surface
#FFFEFB
border
#D7D6D4
text
#171714
muted
#858583