#FAEC74#FAEC74

#FAEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.142 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC74
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.39, -10.19, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.39, 59.90, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0311 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.142 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.5745, 81.5784, 28.4429)
Luminance	0.8158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC74 #7482FA

analogous

#FAA974 #FAEC74 #C5FA74

triadic

#FAEC74 #74FAEC #EC74FA

tetradic

#FAEC74 #74FAA9 #7482FA #FA74C5

square

#FAEC74 #74FAA9 #7482FA #FA74C5

split-complementary

#FAEC74 #74C5FA #A974FA

monochromatic

#EBD308 #F8E439 #FAEC74 #FCF4AF #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FAEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC74

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC74	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.142 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#faec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec74;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93087,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC74

secondary

#3C4CD6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC74

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

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