#FAEC7B#FAEC7B

#FAEC7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.135 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC7B
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.46, -9.63, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.46, 56.73, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.0288 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.135 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.9971, 81.7474, 30.6687)
Luminance	0.8175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC7B #7B89FA

analogous

#FAAC7B #FAEC7B #C8FA7B

triadic

#FAEC7B #7BFAEC #EC7BFA

tetradic

#FAEC7B #7BFAAC #7B89FA #FA7BC8

square

#FAEC7B #7BFAAC #7B89FA #FA7BC8

split-complementary

#FAEC7B #7BC8FA #AC7BFA

monochromatic

#F1D809 #F8E440 #FAEC7B #FCF4B6 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#FAEC7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC7B

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC7B	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.135 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a4',
    500: '#faec7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec7b;
$custom-light: #fef1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9317,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC7B

secondary

#4253D7

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC7B

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

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