#FAEA76#FAEA76

#FAEA76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.138 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA76
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.90, -9.04, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.90, 58.25, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0276 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.138 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.1195, 80.4802, 28.8713)
Luminance	0.8048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA76 #7686FA

analogous

#FAA876 #FAEA76 #C8FA76

triadic

#FAEA76 #76FAEA #EA76FA

tetradic

#FAEA76 #76FAA8 #7686FA #FA76C8

square

#FAEA76 #76FAA8 #7686FA #FA76C8

split-complementary

#FAEA76 #76C8FA #A876FA

monochromatic

#EDD109 #F8E13B #FAEA76 #FCF3B1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#FAEA76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA76

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA76	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.138 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a0',
    500: '#faea76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea76;
$custom-light: #fef0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92706,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA76

secondary

#3E50D6

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA76

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

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