#FAEA85#FAEA85

#FAEA85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEA85
RGB	rgb(250, 234, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.07, -7.76, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.07, 51.31, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.0828, 80.8655, 33.9447)
Luminance	0.8086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEA85 #8595FA

analogous

#FAB085 #FAEA85 #CFFA85

triadic

#FAEA85 #85FAEA #EA85FA

tetradic

#FAEA85 #85FAB0 #8595FA #FA85CF

square

#FAEA85 #85FAB0 #8595FA #FA85CF

split-complementary

#FAEA85 #85CFFA #B085FA

monochromatic

#F5D60F #F8E04A #FAEA85 #FCF4C0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#FAEA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEA85

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEA85	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faea85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 234, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0aa',
    500: '#faea85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faea85;
$custom-light: #fef0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faea85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92898,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEA85

secondary

#4B5ED8

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEA85

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

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