#FAEF43#FAEF43

#FAEF43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.180 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF43
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 95%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 73.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.78, -14.55, 78.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.78, 80.20, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(93.28% -0.0485 0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(93.28% 0.18 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.3069, 82.4649, 17.4703)
Luminance	0.8246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF43 #434EFA

analogous

#FA9343 #FAEF43 #AAFA43

triadic

#FAEF43 #43FAEF #EF43FA

tetradic

#FAEF43 #43FA93 #434EFA #FA43AA

square

#FAEF43 #43FA93 #434EFA #FA43AA

split-complementary

#FAEF43 #43AAFA #9343FA

monochromatic

#BEB205 #F8EA07 #FAEF43 #FCF47F #FDF9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FAEF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#FAEF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF43

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF43	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)

#FFE61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.180 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff383',
    500: '#faef43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef43;
$custom-light: #fff383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.393,
    "s": 94.819,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93277,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF43

secondary

#262FBB

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF3

border

#D7D6CD

text

#19170C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF43

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

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