#FAEB74#FAEB74

#FAEB74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB74
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -9.69, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 59.53, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.0297 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.2874, 81.0042, 28.3472)
Luminance	0.8100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB74 #7483FA

analogous

#FAA874 #FAEB74 #C6FA74

triadic

#FAEB74 #74FAEB #EB74FA

tetradic

#FAEB74 #74FAA8 #7483FA #FA74C6

square

#FAEB74 #74FAA8 #7483FA #FA74C6

split-complementary

#FAEB74 #74C6FA #A874FA

monochromatic

#EBD208 #F8E339 #FAEB74 #FCF4AF #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#FAEB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB74

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB74	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#faeb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb74;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92885,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB74

secondary

#3C4DD6

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB74

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

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