#FAED61#FAED61

#FAED61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.159 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED61
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.47, -12.02, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.47, 68.45, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0384 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.159 104)
XYZ	xyz(71.8688, 81.7581, 23.3021)
Luminance	0.8175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED61 #616EFA

analogous

#FAA061 #FAED61 #BAFA61

triadic

#FAED61 #61FAED #ED61FA

tetradic

#FAED61 #61FAA0 #616EFA #FA61BA

square

#FAED61 #61FAA0 #616EFA #FA61BA

split-complementary

#FAED61 #61BAFA #A061FA

monochromatic

#DAC807 #F8E626 #FAED61 #FCF49C #FEFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAED61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#FAED61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED61

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED61	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.159 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff293',
    500: '#faed61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed61;
$custom-light: #fff293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93093,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.81755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED61

secondary

#2C3AD3

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED61

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

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