#FAEC81#FAEC81

#FAEC81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC81
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.53, -9.11, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.53, 53.95, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(93.25% -0.0267 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(93.25% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.3843, 81.9023, 32.7077)
Luminance	0.8190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC81 #818FFA

analogous

#FAB081 #FAEC81 #CCFA81

triadic

#FAEC81 #81FAEC #EC81FA

tetradic

#FAEC81 #81FAB0 #818FFA #FA81CC

square

#FAEC81 #81FAB0 #818FFA #FA81CC

split-complementary

#FAEC81 #81CCFA #B081FA

monochromatic

#F5DA0B #F8E346 #FAEC81 #FCF5BC #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#FAEC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC81

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC81	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a8',
    500: '#faec81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec81;
$custom-light: #fef1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93247,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC81

secondary

#4858D8

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC81

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

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