#FAEC7E#FAEC7E

#FAEC7E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC7E
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.50, -9.37, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.50, 55.35, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0277 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.1878, 81.8237, 31.6729)
Luminance	0.8182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC7E #7E8CFA

analogous

#FAAE7E #FAEC7E #CAFA7E

triadic

#FAEC7E #7EFAEC #EC7EFA

tetradic

#FAEC7E #7EFAAE #7E8CFA #FA7ECA

square

#FAEC7E #7EFAAE #7E8CFA #FA7ECA

split-complementary

#FAEC7E #7ECAFA #AE7EFA

monochromatic

#F4DA09 #F8E343 #FAEC7E #FCF5B9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#FAEC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC7E

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC7E	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)

#FDE674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a6',
    500: '#faec7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec7e;
$custom-light: #fef1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93208,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC7E

secondary

#4555D7

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC7E

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

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