#FAEFC5#FAEFC5

#FAEFC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.861; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.056 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFC5
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 197)
HSL	hsl(48, 84%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 21.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.35, -2.84, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.35, 21.87, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(95.03% -0.0049 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(95.03% 0.056 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(80.3687, 86.0897, 65.1957)
Luminance	0.8609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFC5 #C5D0FA

analogous

#FAD4C5 #FAEFC5 #EBFAC5

triadic

#FAEFC5 #C5FAEF #EFC5FA

tetradic

#FAEFC5 #C5FAD4 #C5D0FA #FAC5EB

square

#FAEFC5 #C5FAD4 #C5D0FA #FAC5EB

split-complementary

#FAEFC5 #C5EBFA #D4C5FA

monochromatic

#F0D054 #F5DF8D #FAEFC5 #FDF7E3 #FDF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAEFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.22

#FAEFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFC5

18.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFC5	1.00	1.15	18.22	18.22
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8EDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBF0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.056 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4d6',
    500: '#faefc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefc5;
$custom-light: #fcf4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 87.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95033,
    "c": 0.05573,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.86088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFC5

secondary

#8497DF

accent

#33E105

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171714

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFC5

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

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