#FAED6E#FAED6E

#FAED6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED6E
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.58, -11.14, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.58, 62.93, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.22% -0.0345 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(93.22% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.5254, 82.0207, 26.7601)
Luminance	0.8202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED6E #6E7BFA

analogous

#FAA76E #FAED6E #C1FA6E

triadic

#FAED6E #6EFAED #ED6EFA

tetradic

#FAED6E #6EFAA7 #6E7BFA #FA6EC1

square

#FAED6E #6EFAA7 #6E7BFA #FA6EC1

split-complementary

#FAED6E #6EC1FA #A76EFA

monochromatic

#E6D108 #F8E633 #FAED6E #FCF4A9 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FAED6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#FAED6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED6E

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED6E	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)

#FFE661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff29b',
    500: '#faed6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed6e;
$custom-light: #fff29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93223,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED6E

secondary

#3746D5

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED6E

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

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