Yellowish#FAEE66

#FAEE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.155 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellowish — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FAEE66
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.77, -12.19, 65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.77, 66.73, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(93.34% -0.0383 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(93.34% 0.155 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.3997, 82.4349, 24.6656)
Luminance	0.8243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE66 #6672FA

analogous

#FAA466 #FAEE66 #BCFA66

triadic

#FAEE66 #66FAEE #EE66FA

tetradic

#FAEE66 #66FAA4 #6672FA #FA66BC

square

#FAEE66 #66FAA4 #6672FA #FA66BC

split-complementary

#FAEE66 #66BCFA #A466FA

monochromatic

#DECD07 #F8E72B #FAEE66 #FCF5A1 #FEFBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#FAEE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE66

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE66	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.155 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff396',
    500: '#faee66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee66;
$custom-light: #fff396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 93.671,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93344,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE66

secondary

#303DD4

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE66

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

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