#FAED79#FAED79

#FAED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.138 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAED79
RGB	rgb(250, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.70, -10.29, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.70, 58.02, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.0309 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.138 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.1619, 82.2753, 30.1123)
Luminance	0.8227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAED79 #7986FA

analogous

#FAAC79 #FAED79 #C7FA79

triadic

#FAED79 #79FAED #ED79FA

tetradic

#FAED79 #79FAAC #7986FA #FA79C7

square

#FAED79 #79FAAC #7986FA #FA79C7

split-complementary

#FAED79 #79C7FA #AC79FA

monochromatic

#F0D809 #F8E53E #FAED79 #FCF5B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#FAED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAED79

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAED79	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faed79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.138 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2a2',
    500: '#faed79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faed79;
$custom-light: #fef2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faed79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93348,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAED79

secondary

#4150D7

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAED79

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

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