#FAEC4F#FAEC4F

#FAEC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.170 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC4F
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -12.54, 74.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 75.10, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0417 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.17 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.8340, 80.8822, 19.2763)
Luminance	0.8088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC4F #4F5DFA

analogous

#FA974F #FAEC4F #B2FA4F

triadic

#FAEC4F #4FFAEC #EC4FFA

tetradic

#FAEC4F #4FFA97 #4F5DFA #FA4FB2

square

#FAEC4F #4FFA97 #4F5DFA #FA4FB2

split-complementary

#FAEC4F #4FB2FA #974FFA

monochromatic

#C9B906 #F8E613 #FAEC4F #FCF28B #FDF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FAEC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC4F

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC4F	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.170 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff189',
    500: '#faec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec4f;
$custom-light: #fff189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.088,
    "s": 94.475,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92742,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC4F

secondary

#2835C5

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC4F

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

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