#FAEC87#FAEC87

#FAEC87 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEC87
RGB	rgb(250, 236, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.60, -8.57, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.60, 51.14, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(93.33% -0.0245 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(93.33% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7948, 82.0665, 34.8702)
Luminance	0.8206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEC87 #8795FA

analogous

#FAB387 #FAEC87 #CEFA87

triadic

#FAEC87 #87FAEC #EC87FA

tetradic

#FAEC87 #87FAB3 #8795FA #FA87CE

square

#FAEC87 #87FAB3 #8795FA #FA87CE

split-complementary

#FAEC87 #87CEFA #B387FA

monochromatic

#F5D911 #F8E34C #FAEC87 #FCF5C2 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAEC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FAEC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEC87

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEC87	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faec87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 236, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ac',
    500: '#faec87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faec87;
$custom-light: #fef2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faec87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93328,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEC87

secondary

#4D5ED8

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEC87

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

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