#FAEA79#FAEA79

#FAEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA79
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.93, -8.80, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.93, 56.89, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0266 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.135 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.3006, 80.5527, 29.8252)
Luminance	0.8055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA79 #7989FA

analogous

#FAA979 #FAEA79 #CAFA79

triadic

#FAEA79 #79FAEA #EA79FA

tetradic

#FAEA79 #79FAA9 #7989FA #FA79CA

square

#FAEA79 #79FAA9 #7989FA #FA79CA

split-complementary

#FAEA79 #79CAFA #A979FA

monochromatic

#F0D309 #F8E13E #FAEA79 #FCF3B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#FAEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA79

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA79	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)

#FCE46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.135 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a2',
    500: '#faea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea79;
$custom-light: #fef0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92742,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA79

secondary

#4153D7

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA79

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

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