#FAEC65#FAEC65

#FAEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.154 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC65
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -11.27, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 66.42, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0358 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.154 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.7713, 81.2571, 24.2130)
Luminance	0.8125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC65 #6573FA

analogous

#FAA265 #FAEC65 #BEFA65

triadic

#FAEC65 #65FAEC #EC65FA

tetradic

#FAEC65 #65FAA2 #6573FA #FA65BE

square

#FAEC65 #65FAA2 #6573FA #FA65BE

split-complementary

#FAEC65 #65BEFA #A265FA

monochromatic

#DDC907 #F8E52A #FAEC65 #FCF3A0 #FEFBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FAEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC65

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC65	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.154 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff196',
    500: '#faec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec65;
$custom-light: #fff196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92928,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC65

secondary

#2F3FD4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC65

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

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