#FAEC7A#FAEC7A

#FAEC7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.136 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC7A
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.45, -9.71, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.45, 57.18, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0291 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.136 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.9348, 81.7225, 30.3407)
Luminance	0.8172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC7A #7A88FA

analogous

#FAAC7A #FAEC7A #C8FA7A

triadic

#FAEC7A #7AFAEC #EC7AFA

tetradic

#FAEC7A #7AFAAC #7A88FA #FA7AC8

square

#FAEC7A #7AFAAC #7A88FA #FA7AC8

split-complementary

#FAEC7A #7AC8FA #AC7AFA

monochromatic

#F1D709 #F8E43F #FAEC7A #FCF4B5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#FAEC7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC7A

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC7A	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.136 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a3',
    500: '#faec7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec7a;
$custom-light: #fef1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93158,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC7A

secondary

#4152D7

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC7A

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

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