#FAEC58#FAEC58

#FAEC58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.164 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC58
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 64.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.14, -12.06, 70.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.14, 71.70, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.81% -0.0395 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(92.81% 0.164 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1840, 81.0222, 21.1198)
Luminance	0.8102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC58 #5866FA

analogous

#FA9B58 #FAEC58 #B7FA58

triadic

#FAEC58 #58FAEC #EC58FA

tetradic

#FAEC58 #58FA9B #5866FA #FA58B7

square

#FAEC58 #58FA9B #5866FA #FA58B7

split-complementary

#FAEC58 #58B7FA #9B58FA

monochromatic

#D1C006 #F8E51D #FAEC58 #FCF393 #FEFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#FAEC58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC58

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC58	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.164 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18e',
    500: '#faec58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec58;
$custom-light: #fff18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 94.186,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92811,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC58

secondary

#2A38CC

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC58

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

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