#FAEF61#FAEF61

#FAEF61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.160 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF61
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.98, -13.00, 67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.98, 69.17, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(93.5% -0.0412 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.16 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.4511, 82.9226, 23.4962)
Luminance	0.8292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF61 #616CFA

analogous

#FAA261 #FAEF61 #B9FA61

triadic

#FAEF61 #61FAEF #EF61FA

tetradic

#FAEF61 #61FAA2 #616CFA #FA61B9

square

#FAEF61 #61FAA2 #616CFA #FA61B9

split-complementary

#FAEF61 #61B9FA #A261FA

monochromatic

#DACB07 #F8E926 #FAEF61 #FCF59C #FEFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.58

#FAEF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF61

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF61	1.00	1.19	17.58	17.58
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.160 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff494',
    500: '#faef61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef61;
$custom-light: #fff494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93501,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF61

secondary

#2C38D3

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF61

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

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