#FAEC7C#FAEC7C

#FAEC7C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.134 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC7C
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.47, -9.54, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.47, 56.27, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0284 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.134 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.0600, 81.7726, 31.0001)
Luminance	0.8177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC7C #7C8AFA

analogous

#FAAD7C #FAEC7C #C9FA7C

triadic

#FAEC7C #7CFAEC #EC7CFA

tetradic

#FAEC7C #7CFAAD #7C8AFA #FA7CC9

square

#FAEC7C #7CFAAD #7C8AFA #FA7CC9

split-complementary

#FAEC7C #7CC9FA #AD7CFA

monochromatic

#F2D809 #F8E341 #FAEC7C #FCF5B7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#FAEC7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC7C

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC7C	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)

#FEE672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.134 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a4',
    500: '#faec7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec7c;
$custom-light: #fef1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93183,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC7C

secondary

#4354D7

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC7C

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

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