#FAEF87#FAEF87

#FAEF87 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.126 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF87
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.37, -10.06, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.37, 52.33, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.93% -0.0288 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(93.93% 0.126 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.6658, 83.8085, 35.1605)
Luminance	0.8381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF87 #8792FA

analogous

#FAB587 #FAEF87 #CBFA87

triadic

#FAEF87 #87FAEF #EF87FA

tetradic

#FAEF87 #87FAB5 #8792FA #FA87CB

square

#FAEF87 #87FAB5 #8792FA #FA87CB

split-complementary

#FAEF87 #87CBFA #B587FA

monochromatic

#F5DF11 #F8E74C #FAEF87 #FCF7C2 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEF87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FAEF87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF87

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF87	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)

#FFE97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.126 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ac',
    500: '#faef87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef87;
$custom-light: #fef4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93933,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF87

secondary

#4D5AD8

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF87

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

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