#FAEA72#FAEA72

#FAEA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA72
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -9.35, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 60.05, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0289 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.8868, 80.3872, 27.6459)
Luminance	0.8038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA72 #7282FA

analogous

#FAA672 #FAEA72 #C6FA72

triadic

#FAEA72 #72FAEA #EA72FA

tetradic

#FAEA72 #72FAA6 #7282FA #FA72C6

square

#FAEA72 #72FAA6 #7282FA #FA72C6

split-complementary

#FAEA72 #72C6FA #A672FA

monochromatic

#E9CF08 #F8E137 #FAEA72 #FCF3AD #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#FAEA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA72

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA72	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff09e',
    500: '#faea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea72;
$custom-light: #fff09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92659,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA72

secondary

#3B4DD6

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA72

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

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