#FAEF72#FAEF72

#FAEF72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF72
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.13, -11.82, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.13, 61.93, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.67% -0.036 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(93.67% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3304, 83.2743, 28.1271)
Luminance	0.8327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF72 #727DFA

analogous

#FAAB72 #FAEF72 #C1FA72

triadic

#FAEF72 #72FAEF #EF72FA

tetradic

#FAEF72 #72FAAB #727DFA #FA72C1

square

#FAEF72 #72FAAB #727DFA #FA72C1

split-complementary

#FAEF72 #72C1FA #AB72FA

monochromatic

#E9D708 #F8E837 #FAEF72 #FCF6AD #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#FAEF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF72

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF72	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49e',
    500: '#faef72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef72;
$custom-light: #fff49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93673,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF72

secondary

#3B47D6

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF72

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

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