#FAEE61#FAEE61

#FAEE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.159 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE61
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -12.51, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 68.81, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.0398 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.159 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.1591, 82.3387, 23.3989)
Luminance	0.8234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE61 #616DFA

analogous

#FAA161 #FAEE61 #B9FA61

triadic

#FAEE61 #61FAEE #EE61FA

tetradic

#FAEE61 #61FAA1 #616DFA #FA61B9

square

#FAEE61 #61FAA1 #616DFA #FA61B9

split-complementary

#FAEE61 #61B9FA #A161FA

monochromatic

#DAC907 #F8E826 #FAEE61 #FCF49C #FEFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#FAEE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE61

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE61	1.00	1.20	17.47	17.47
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.159 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff393',
    500: '#faee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee61;
$custom-light: #fff393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93297,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE61

secondary

#2C39D3

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE61

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

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