#FAEF75#FAEF75

#FAEF75 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.144 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF75
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 117)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -11.59, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 60.59, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(93.71% -0.035 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(93.71% 0.144 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.5039, 83.3438, 29.0412)
Luminance	0.8334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF75 #7580FA

analogous

#FAAD75 #FAEF75 #C2FA75

triadic

#FAEF75 #75FAEF #EF75FA

tetradic

#FAEF75 #75FAAD #7580FA #FA75C2

square

#FAEF75 #75FAAD #7580FA #FA75C2

split-complementary

#FAEF75 #75C2FA #AD75FA

monochromatic

#ECD909 #F8E83A #FAEF75 #FCF6B0 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAEF75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF75

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF75	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.144 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a0',
    500: '#faef75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef75;
$custom-light: #fef4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93707,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF75

secondary

#3D4AD6

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF75

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

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