#FAEF85#FAEF85

#FAEF85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.128 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF85
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.34, -10.24, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.34, 53.27, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.91% -0.0295 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(93.91% 0.128 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.5263, 83.7527, 34.4259)
Luminance	0.8375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF85 #8590FA

analogous

#FAB485 #FAEF85 #CAFA85

triadic

#FAEF85 #85FAEF #EF85FA

tetradic

#FAEF85 #85FAB4 #8590FA #FA85CA

square

#FAEF85 #85FAB4 #8590FA #FA85CA

split-complementary

#FAEF85 #85CAFA #B485FA

monochromatic

#F5E00F #F8E74A #FAEF85 #FCF7C0 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAEF85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF85

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF85	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE97C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.128 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4aa',
    500: '#faef85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef85;
$custom-light: #fef4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93906,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF85

secondary

#4B58D8

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF85

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

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