#FAEF80#FAEF80

#FAEF80 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.133 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF80
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.28, -10.69, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.28, 55.59, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% -0.0313 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.133 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.1891, 83.6178, 32.6497)
Luminance	0.8362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF80 #808BFA

analogous

#FAB280 #FAEF80 #C8FA80

triadic

#FAEF80 #80FAEF #EF80FA

tetradic

#FAEF80 #80FAB2 #808BFA #FA80C8

square

#FAEF80 #80FAB2 #808BFA #FA80C8

split-complementary

#FAEF80 #80C8FA #B280FA

monochromatic

#F5E00A #F8E845 #FAEF80 #FCF6BB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#FAEF80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF80

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF80	1.00	1.18	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.133 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a7',
    500: '#faef80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef80;
$custom-light: #fef4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9384,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF80

secondary

#4754D7

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF80

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

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