#FAEC73#FAEC73

#FAEC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.143 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC73
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -10.27, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 60.35, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.0314 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.143 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.5166, 81.5552, 28.1382)
Luminance	0.8155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC73 #7381FA

analogous

#FAA973 #FAEC73 #C5FA73

triadic

#FAEC73 #73FAEC #EC73FA

tetradic

#FAEC73 #73FAA9 #7381FA #FA73C5

square

#FAEC73 #73FAA9 #7381FA #FA73C5

split-complementary

#FAEC73 #73C5FA #A973FA

monochromatic

#EAD308 #F8E438 #FAEC73 #FCF4AE #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FAEC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC73

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC73	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)

#FEE567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.143 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#faec73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec73;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93075,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC73

secondary

#3B4BD6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC73

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

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