#FAEE79#FAEE79

#FAEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.139 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE79
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.95, -10.78, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.95, 58.41, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.55% -0.0323 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(93.55% 0.139 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.4522, 82.8559, 30.2091)
Luminance	0.8285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE79 #7985FA

analogous

#FAAE79 #FAEE79 #C5FA79

triadic

#FAEE79 #79FAEE #EE79FA

tetradic

#FAEE79 #79FAAE #7985FA #FA79C5

square

#FAEE79 #79FAAE #7985FA #FA79C5

split-complementary

#FAEE79 #79C5FA #AE79FA

monochromatic

#F0DA09 #F8E73E #FAEE79 #FCF5B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FAEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE79

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE79	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.139 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3a2',
    500: '#faee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee79;
$custom-light: #fef3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93551,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE79

secondary

#414FD7

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE79

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

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