#FAEC6D#FAEC6D

#FAEC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.148 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC6D
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.32, -10.71, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.32, 63.00, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.01% -0.0334 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(93.01% 0.148 103)
XYZ	xyz(72.1825, 81.4216, 26.3787)
Luminance	0.8142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC6D #6D7BFA

analogous

#FAA66D #FAEC6D #C1FA6D

triadic

#FAEC6D #6DFAEC #EC6DFA

tetradic

#FAEC6D #6DFAA6 #6D7BFA #FA6DC1

square

#FAEC6D #6DFAA6 #6D7BFA #FA6DC1

split-complementary

#FAEC6D #6DC1FA #A66DFA

monochromatic

#E5CF08 #F8E432 #FAEC6D #FCF4A8 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAEC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#FAEC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC6D

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC6D	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.148 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19b',
    500: '#faec6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec6d;
$custom-light: #fff19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93009,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.81419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC6D

secondary

#3646D5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC6D

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

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