#FAEC80#FAEC80

#FAEC80 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC80
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -9.20, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 54.42, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.027 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(73.3181, 81.8758, 32.3594)
Luminance	0.8187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC80 #808EFA

analogous

#FAAF80 #FAEC80 #CBFA80

triadic

#FAEC80 #80FAEC #EC80FA

tetradic

#FAEC80 #80FAAF #808EFA #FA80CB

square

#FAEC80 #80FAAF #808EFA #FA80CB

split-complementary

#FAEC80 #80CBFA #AF80FA

monochromatic

#F5DA0A #F8E345 #FAEC80 #FCF5BB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#FAEC80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC80

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC80	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a7',
    500: '#faec80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec80;
$custom-light: #fef1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93234,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.81873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC80

secondary

#4757D7

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC80

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

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