#FAEC71#FAEC71

#FAEC71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.144 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC71
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.36, -10.42, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.36, 61.24, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0321 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.144 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.4028, 81.5097, 27.5387)
Luminance	0.8151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC71 #717FFA

analogous

#FAA771 #FAEC71 #C3FA71

triadic

#FAEC71 #71FAEC #EC71FA

tetradic

#FAEC71 #71FAA7 #717FFA #FA71C3

square

#FAEC71 #71FAA7 #717FFA #FA71C3

split-complementary

#FAEC71 #71C3FA #A771FA

monochromatic

#E8D208 #F8E436 #FAEC71 #FCF4AC #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#FAEC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC71

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC71	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.144 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19d',
    500: '#faec71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec71;
$custom-light: #fff19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93053,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC71

secondary

#3A4AD5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC71

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

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