#FAEF81#FAEF81

#FAEF81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.132 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF81
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.30, -10.60, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.30, 55.13, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.85% -0.0309 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(93.85% 0.132 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.2552, 83.6443, 32.9981)
Luminance	0.8364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF81 #818CFA

analogous

#FAB281 #FAEF81 #C9FA81

triadic

#FAEF81 #81FAEF #EF81FA

tetradic

#FAEF81 #81FAB2 #818CFA #FA81C9

square

#FAEF81 #81FAB2 #818CFA #FA81C9

split-complementary

#FAEF81 #81C9FA #B281FA

monochromatic

#F5E00B #F8E846 #FAEF81 #FCF6BC #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#FAEF81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF81

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF81	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.132 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a8',
    500: '#faef81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef81;
$custom-light: #fef4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93853,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF81

secondary

#4855D8

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF81

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

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