#FAEC5A#FAEC5A

#FAEC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.163 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC5A
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 64%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.16, -11.95, 69.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.16, 70.92, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.83% -0.0389 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(92.83% 0.163 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.2680, 81.0558, 21.5622)
Luminance	0.8105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC5A #5A68FA

analogous

#FA9C5A #FAEC5A #B8FA5A

triadic

#FAEC5A #5AFAEC #EC5AFA

tetradic

#FAEC5A #5AFA9C #5A68FA #FA5AB8

square

#FAEC5A #5AFA9C #5A68FA #FA5AB8

split-complementary

#FAEC5A #5AB8FA #9C5AFA

monochromatic

#D3C106 #F8E51F #FAEC5A #FCF395 #FEFAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#FAEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC5A

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC5A	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.163 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18f',
    500: '#faec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec5a;
$custom-light: #fff18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92828,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC5A

secondary

#2A39CE

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC5A

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

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