#FAEF76#FAEF76

#FAEF76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.143 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF76
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 118)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.18, -11.51, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.18, 60.15, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(93.72% -0.0347 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(93.72% 0.143 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.5631, 83.3674, 29.3525)
Luminance	0.8337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF76 #7681FA

analogous

#FAAD76 #FAEF76 #C3FA76

triadic

#FAEF76 #76FAEF #EF76FA

tetradic

#FAEF76 #76FAAD #7681FA #FA76C3

square

#FAEF76 #76FAAD #7681FA #FA76C3

split-complementary

#FAEF76 #76C3FA #AD76FA

monochromatic

#EDDA09 #F8E83B #FAEF76 #FCF6B1 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAEF76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF76

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF76	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)

#FFE86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.143 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a1',
    500: '#faef76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef76;
$custom-light: #fef4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93718,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF76

secondary

#3E4BD6

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF76

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

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