#FAEC78#FAEC78

#FAEC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC78
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -9.87, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 58.10, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(93.13% -0.0298 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(93.13% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.8122, 81.6735, 29.6948)
Luminance	0.8167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC78 #7886FA

analogous

#FAAB78 #FAEC78 #C7FA78

triadic

#FAEC78 #78FAEC #EC78FA

tetradic

#FAEC78 #78FAAB #7886FA #FA78C7

square

#FAEC78 #78FAAB #7886FA #FA78C7

split-complementary

#FAEC78 #78C7FA #AB78FA

monochromatic

#EFD609 #F8E43D #FAEC78 #FCF4B3 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#FAEC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC78

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC78	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a2',
    500: '#faec78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec78;
$custom-light: #fef1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93134,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC78

secondary

#4050D6

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC78

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

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