#FAEA78#FAEA78

#FAEA78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA78
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -8.88, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 57.34, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0269 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.2396, 80.5283, 29.5039)
Luminance	0.8053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA78 #7888FA

analogous

#FAA978 #FAEA78 #C9FA78

triadic

#FAEA78 #78FAEA #EA78FA

tetradic

#FAEA78 #78FAA9 #7888FA #FA78C9

square

#FAEA78 #78FAA9 #7888FA #FA78C9

split-complementary

#FAEA78 #78C9FA #A978FA

monochromatic

#EFD209 #F8E13D #FAEA78 #FCF3B3 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#FAEA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA78

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA78	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a2',
    500: '#faea78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea78;
$custom-light: #fef0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9273,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA78

secondary

#4052D6

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA78

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

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