#FAEC42#FAEC42

#FAEC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.178 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC42
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 95%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 73.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -13.13, 78.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 79.56, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0446 0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.178 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.4062, 80.7111, 17.0234)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC42 #4250FA

analogous

#FA9042 #FAEC42 #ACFA42

triadic

#FAEC42 #42FAEC #EC42FA

tetradic

#FAEC42 #42FA90 #4250FA #FA42AC

square

#FAEC42 #42FA90 #4250FA #FA42AC

split-complementary

#FAEC42 #42ACFA #9042FA

monochromatic

#BDAF05 #F8E607 #FAEC42 #FCF27E #FDF8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAEC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FAEC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC42

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC42	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.178 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff182',
    500: '#faec42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec42;
$custom-light: #fff182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 94.845,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92657,
    "c": 0.17793,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC42

secondary

#2631BB

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC42

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

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