#FAEB79#FAEB79

#FAEB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB79
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.19, -9.30, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.19, 57.26, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.94% -0.028 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(92.94% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.5861, 81.1237, 29.9204)
Luminance	0.8112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB79 #7988FA

analogous

#FAAA79 #FAEB79 #C9FA79

triadic

#FAEB79 #79FAEB #EB79FA

tetradic

#FAEB79 #79FAAA #7988FA #FA79C9

square

#FAEB79 #79FAAA #7988FA #FA79C9

split-complementary

#FAEB79 #79C9FA #AA79FA

monochromatic

#F0D509 #F8E23E #FAEB79 #FCF4B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FAEB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB79

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB79	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)

#FDE56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a2',
    500: '#faeb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb79;
$custom-light: #fef1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92944,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB79

secondary

#4152D7

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB79

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

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