#FAEA77#FAEA77

#FAEA77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA77
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.91, -8.96, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.91, 57.80, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.72% -0.0273 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(92.72% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.1792, 80.5041, 29.1860)
Luminance	0.8050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA77 #7787FA

analogous

#FAA977 #FAEA77 #C8FA77

triadic

#FAEA77 #77FAEA #EA77FA

tetradic

#FAEA77 #77FAA9 #7787FA #FA77C8

square

#FAEA77 #77FAA9 #7787FA #FA77C8

split-complementary

#FAEA77 #77C8FA #A977FA

monochromatic

#EED209 #F8E13C #FAEA77 #FCF3B2 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#FAEA77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA77

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA77	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)

#FCE46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a1',
    500: '#faea77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea77;
$custom-light: #fef0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 92.908,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92718,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA77

secondary

#3F51D6

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA77

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

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