#FAEE59#FAEE59

#FAEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.165 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE59
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.66, -12.99, 70.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.66, 72.01, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% -0.042 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.165 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.8048, 82.1970, 21.5325)
Luminance	0.8219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE59 #5965FA

analogous

#FA9E59 #FAEE59 #B6FA59

triadic

#FAEE59 #59FAEE #EE59FA

tetradic

#FAEE59 #59FA9E #5965FA #FA59B6

square

#FAEE59 #59FA9E #5965FA #FA59B6

split-complementary

#FAEE59 #59B6FA #9E59FA

monochromatic

#D2C306 #F8E81E #FAEE59 #FCF494 #FEFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#FAEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE59

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE59	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.165 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff38f',
    500: '#faee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee59;
$custom-light: #fff38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.528,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93227,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE59

secondary

#2A36CD

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE59

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

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