#FAEB78#FAEB78

#FAEB78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.137 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB78
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.18, -9.38, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.18, 57.72, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0283 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.137 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.5251, 81.0992, 29.5991)
Luminance	0.8110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB78 #7887FA

analogous

#FAAA78 #FAEB78 #C8FA78

triadic

#FAEB78 #78FAEB #EB78FA

tetradic

#FAEB78 #78FAAA #7887FA #FA78C8

square

#FAEB78 #78FAAA #7887FA #FA78C8

split-complementary

#FAEB78 #78C8FA #AA78FA

monochromatic

#EFD409 #F8E23D #FAEB78 #FCF4B3 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FAEB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB78

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB78	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.137 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a2',
    500: '#faeb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb78;
$custom-light: #fef1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92932,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB78

secondary

#4051D6

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB78

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

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