#FAEA81#FAEA81

#FAEA81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA81
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -8.12, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 53.19, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.84% -0.0238 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(92.84% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.8117, 80.7571, 32.5169)
Luminance	0.8075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA81 #8191FA

analogous

#FAAE81 #FAEA81 #CEFA81

triadic

#FAEA81 #81FAEA #EA81FA

tetradic

#FAEA81 #81FAAE #8191FA #FA81CE

square

#FAEA81 #81FAAE #8191FA #FA81CE

split-complementary

#FAEA81 #81CEFA #AE81FA

monochromatic

#F5D60B #F8E046 #FAEA81 #FCF4BC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FAEA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA81

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA81	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a8',
    500: '#faea81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea81;
$custom-light: #fef0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92844,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA81

secondary

#485BD8

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA81

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

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