#FAEC61#FAEC61

#FAEC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.158 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC61
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.21, -11.53, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.21, 68.09, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.037 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.158 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.5801, 81.1806, 23.2059)
Luminance	0.8118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC61 #616FFA

analogous

#FA9F61 #FAEC61 #BBFA61

triadic

#FAEC61 #61FAEC #EC61FA

tetradic

#FAEC61 #61FA9F #616FFA #FA61BB

square

#FAEC61 #61FA9F #616FFA #FA61BB

split-complementary

#FAEC61 #61BBFA #9F61FA

monochromatic

#DAC607 #F8E526 #FAEC61 #FCF39C #FEFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#FAEC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC61

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC61	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.158 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff193',
    500: '#faec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec61;
$custom-light: #fff193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9289,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC61

secondary

#2C3BD3

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC61

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

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