#FAEC76#FAEC76

#FAEC76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.140 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC76
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 118)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.41, -10.03, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.41, 59.00, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.11% -0.0304 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(93.11% 0.14 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.6921, 81.6254, 29.0622)
Luminance	0.8162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC76 #7684FA

analogous

#FAAA76 #FAEC76 #C6FA76

triadic

#FAEC76 #76FAEC #EC76FA

tetradic

#FAEC76 #76FAAA #7684FA #FA76C6

square

#FAEC76 #76FAAA #7684FA #FA76C6

split-complementary

#FAEC76 #76C6FA #AA76FA

monochromatic

#EDD509 #F8E43B #FAEC76 #FCF4B1 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FAEC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC76

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC76	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)

#FEE56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.140 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a0',
    500: '#faec76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec76;
$custom-light: #fef1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9311,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC76

secondary

#3E4ED6

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC76

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

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