#FAEF6A#FAEF6A

#FAEF6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.153 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF6A
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.06, -12.40, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.06, 65.41, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(93.59% -0.0385 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(93.59% 0.153 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.8948, 83.1001, 25.8330)
Luminance	0.8310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF6A #6A75FA

analogous

#FAA76A #FAEF6A #BDFA6A

triadic

#FAEF6A #6AFAEF #EF6AFA

tetradic

#FAEF6A #6AFAA7 #6A75FA #FA6ABD

square

#FAEF6A #6AFAA7 #6A75FA #FA6ABD

split-complementary

#FAEF6A #6ABDFA #A76AFA

monochromatic

#E2D108 #F8E92F #FAEF6A #FCF5A5 #FEFCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FAEF6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF6A

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF6A	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)

#FFE75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.153 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff499',
    500: '#faef6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef6a;
$custom-light: #fff499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93588,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF6A

secondary

#3440D5

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF6A

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

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