#FAEF86#FAEF86

#FAEF86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.127 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF86
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 46.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.36, -10.15, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.36, 52.80, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0292 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.127 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.5958, 83.7805, 34.7914)
Luminance	0.8378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF86 #8691FA

analogous

#FAB586 #FAEF86 #CBFA86

triadic

#FAEF86 #86FAEF #EF86FA

tetradic

#FAEF86 #86FAB5 #8691FA #FA86CB

square

#FAEF86 #86FAB5 #8691FA #FA86CB

split-complementary

#FAEF86 #86CBFA #B586FA

monochromatic

#F5DF10 #F8E74B #FAEF86 #FCF7C1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FAEF86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF86

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF86	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.127 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ab',
    500: '#faef86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef86;
$custom-light: #fef4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 92.063,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9392,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF86

secondary

#4C59D8

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF86

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

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