#FAEF79#FAEF79

#FAEF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.140 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF79
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.21, -11.27, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.21, 58.79, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.75% -0.0337 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(93.75% 0.14 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.7442, 83.4398, 30.3064)
Luminance	0.8344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF79 #7984FA

analogous

#FAAF79 #FAEF79 #C4FA79

triadic

#FAEF79 #79FAEF #EF79FA

tetradic

#FAEF79 #79FAAF #7984FA #FA79C4

square

#FAEF79 #79FAAF #7984FA #FA79C4

split-complementary

#FAEF79 #79C4FA #AF79FA

monochromatic

#F0DC09 #F8E83E #FAEF79 #FCF6B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#FAEF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF79

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF79	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.140 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a3',
    500: '#faef79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef79;
$custom-light: #fef4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93754,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF79

secondary

#414DD7

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF79

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

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