#FAEA70#FAEA70

#FAEA70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA70
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -9.50, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 60.94, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.64% -0.0296 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(92.64% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.7742, 80.3421, 27.0529)
Luminance	0.8034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA70 #7080FA

analogous

#FAA570 #FAEA70 #C5FA70

triadic

#FAEA70 #70FAEA #EA70FA

tetradic

#FAEA70 #70FAA5 #7080FA #FA70C5

square

#FAEA70 #70FAA5 #7080FA #FA70C5

split-complementary

#FAEA70 #70C5FA #A570FA

monochromatic

#E8CE08 #F8E135 #FAEA70 #FCF3AB #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#FAEA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA70

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA70	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff09d',
    500: '#faea70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea70;
$custom-light: #fff09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92637,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA70

secondary

#394BD5

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA70

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

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