#FAEC85#FAEC85

#FAEC85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC85
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.58, -8.76, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.58, 52.08, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.0253 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.6554, 82.0107, 34.1355)
Luminance	0.8201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC85 #8593FA

analogous

#FAB285 #FAEC85 #CDFA85

triadic

#FAEC85 #85FAEC #EC85FA

tetradic

#FAEC85 #85FAB2 #8593FA #FA85CD

square

#FAEC85 #85FAB2 #8593FA #FA85CD

split-complementary

#FAEC85 #85CDFA #B285FA

monochromatic

#F5DA0F #F8E34A #FAEC85 #FCF5C0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#FAEC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC85

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC85	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2aa',
    500: '#faec85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec85;
$custom-light: #fef2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.933,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC85

secondary

#4B5CD8

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC85

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

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