#FAEF7D#FAEF7D

#FAEF7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.136 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF7D
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.25, -10.94, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.25, 56.97, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0323 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.136 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.9946, 83.5400, 31.6251)
Luminance	0.8354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF7D #7D88FA

analogous

#FAB07D #FAEF7D #C6FA7D

triadic

#FAEF7D #7DFAEF #EF7DFA

tetradic

#FAEF7D #7DFAB0 #7D88FA #FA7DC6

square

#FAEF7D #7DFAB0 #7D88FA #FA7DC6

split-complementary

#FAEF7D #7DC6FA #B07DFA

monochromatic

#F3DF09 #F8E842 #FAEF7D #FCF6B8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.71

#FAEF7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF7D

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF7D	1.00	1.19	17.71	17.71
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.136 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a5',
    500: '#faef7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef7d;
$custom-light: #fef4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93802,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF7D

secondary

#4451D7

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF7D

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

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