#FAEC7D#FAEC7D

#FAEC7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC7D
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.49, -9.46, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.49, 55.81, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0281 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.1236, 81.7980, 31.3348)
Luminance	0.8180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC7D #7D8BFA

analogous

#FAAD7D #FAEC7D #C9FA7D

triadic

#FAEC7D #7DFAEC #EC7DFA

tetradic

#FAEC7D #7DFAAD #7D8BFA #FA7DC9

square

#FAEC7D #7DFAAD #7D8BFA #FA7DC9

split-complementary

#FAEC7D #7DC9FA #AD7DFA

monochromatic

#F3D909 #F8E342 #FAEC7D #FCF5B8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#FAEC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC7D

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC7D	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a5',
    500: '#faec7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec7d;
$custom-light: #fef1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93195,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC7D

secondary

#4455D7

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC7D

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

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