#FAEF7B#FAEF7B

#FAEF7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.138 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF7B
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 123)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.23, -11.11, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.23, 57.89, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.78% -0.033 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(93.78% 0.138 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.8681, 83.4894, 30.9590)
Luminance	0.8349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF7B #7B86FA

analogous

#FAAF7B #FAEF7B #C5FA7B

triadic

#FAEF7B #7BFAEF #EF7BFA

tetradic

#FAEF7B #7BFAAF #7B86FA #FA7BC5

square

#FAEF7B #7BFAAF #7B86FA #FA7BC5

split-complementary

#FAEF7B #7BC5FA #AF7BFA

monochromatic

#F1DD09 #F8E840 #FAEF7B #FCF6B6 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#FAEF7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF7B

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF7B	1.00	1.19	17.70	17.70
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.138 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a4',
    500: '#faef7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef7b;
$custom-light: #fef4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93778,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF7B

secondary

#424FD7

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF7B

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

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