#FAEB81#FAEB81

#FAEB81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEB81
RGB	rgb(250, 235, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -8.62, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 53.57, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0252 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.0972, 81.3281, 32.6120)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEB81 #8190FA

analogous

#FAAF81 #FAEB81 #CDFA81

triadic

#FAEB81 #81FAEB #EB81FA

tetradic

#FAEB81 #81FAAF #8190FA #FA81CD

square

#FAEB81 #81FAAF #8190FA #FA81CD

split-complementary

#FAEB81 #81CDFA #AF81FA

monochromatic

#F5D80B #F8E246 #FAEB81 #FCF4BC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#FAEB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEB81

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEB81	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faeb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 235, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a8',
    500: '#faeb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faeb81;
$custom-light: #fef1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faeb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93045,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEB81

secondary

#4859D8

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEB81

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

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