#FAEC6F#FAEC6F

#FAEC6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.146 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC6F
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 111)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.34, -10.57, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.34, 62.12, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.03% -0.0327 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(93.03% 0.146 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.2914, 81.4652, 26.9522)
Luminance	0.8146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC6F #6F7DFA

analogous

#FAA66F #FAEC6F #C2FA6F

triadic

#FAEC6F #6FFAEC #EC6FFA

tetradic

#FAEC6F #6FFAA6 #6F7DFA #FA6FC2

square

#FAEC6F #6FFAA6 #6F7DFA #FA6FC2

split-complementary

#FAEC6F #6FC2FA #A66FFA

monochromatic

#E7D008 #F8E434 #FAEC6F #FCF4AA #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#FAEC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC6F

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC6F	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.146 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19c',
    500: '#faec6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec6f;
$custom-light: #fff19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93031,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC6F

secondary

#3848D5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC6F

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

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