#FAEC72#FAEC72

#FAEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.143 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC72
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.37, -10.34, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.37, 60.79, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.06% -0.0318 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(93.06% 0.143 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.4594, 81.5323, 27.8368)
Luminance	0.8153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC72 #7280FA

analogous

#FAA872 #FAEC72 #C4FA72

triadic

#FAEC72 #72FAEC #EC72FA

tetradic

#FAEC72 #72FAA8 #7280FA #FA72C4

square

#FAEC72 #72FAA8 #7280FA #FA72C4

split-complementary

#FAEC72 #72C4FA #A872FA

monochromatic

#E9D208 #F8E437 #FAEC72 #FCF4AD #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FAEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC72

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC72	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.143 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19e',
    500: '#faec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec72;
$custom-light: #fff19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93064,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC72

secondary

#3B4BD6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC72

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

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