#FAEF69#FAEF69
#FAEF69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.154 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAEF69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 239, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 94%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 58%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.05, -12.47, 64.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.05, 65.83, 100.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.58% -0.0388 0.149) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.58% 0.154 104.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(72.8431, 83.0794, 25.5607) |
| Luminance | 0.8308 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 0.39
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 1.53
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 2.17
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.33
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.39
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 3.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAEF69 #6974FA
analogous
#FAA669 #FAEF69 #BDFA69
triadic
#FAEF69 #69FAEF #EF69FA
tetradic
#FAEF69 #69FAA6 #6974FA #FA69BD
square
#FAEF69 #69FAA6 #6974FA #FA69BD
split-complementary
#FAEF69 #69BDFA #A669FA
monochromatic
#E1D108 #F8E92E #FAEF69 #FCF5A4 #FEFCDF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.19
#FAEF69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.62
#FAEF69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAEF69
17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAEF69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAEF69 | 1.00 | 1.19 | 17.62 | 17.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE75A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEE70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE1D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EBEBEB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faef69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.154 104.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fff498',
500: '#faef69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faef69; $custom-light: #fff498; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faef69",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 239,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.448,
"s": 93.548,
"l": 69.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93578,
"c": 0.15395,
"h": 104.6
},
"luminance": 0.83077
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAEF69
secondary
#333FD4
accent
#11E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18170E
muted
#86857F