#FAEC75#FAEC75

#FAEC75 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.141 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC75
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 117)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -10.11, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 59.45, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.1% -0.0308 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(93.1% 0.141 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.6330, 81.6018, 28.7509)
Luminance	0.8160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC75 #7583FA

analogous

#FAAA75 #FAEC75 #C6FA75

triadic

#FAEC75 #75FAEC #EC75FA

tetradic

#FAEC75 #75FAAA #7583FA #FA75C6

square

#FAEC75 #75FAAA #7583FA #FA75C6

split-complementary

#FAEC75 #75C6FA #AA75FA

monochromatic

#ECD409 #F8E43A #FAEC75 #FCF4B0 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FAEC75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC75

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC75	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)

#FEE56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.141 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a0',
    500: '#faec75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec75;
$custom-light: #fef1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93098,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC75

secondary

#3D4DD6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC75

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

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