#FAEF6E#FAEF6E

#FAEF6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.150 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF6E
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -12.12, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 63.68, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(93.63% -0.0373 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(93.63% 0.15 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.1077, 83.1852, 26.9542)
Luminance	0.8318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF6E #6E79FA

analogous

#FAA96E #FAEF6E #BFFA6E

triadic

#FAEF6E #6EFAEF #EF6EFA

tetradic

#FAEF6E #6EFAA9 #6E79FA #FA6EBF

square

#FAEF6E #6EFAA9 #6E79FA #FA6EBF

split-complementary

#FAEF6E #6EBFFA #A96EFA

monochromatic

#E6D408 #F8E833 #FAEF6E #FCF6A9 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FAEF6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF6E

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF6E	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.150 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49c',
    500: '#faef6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef6e;
$custom-light: #fff49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93629,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF6E

secondary

#3744D5

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF6E

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

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