#FAE070#FAE070

#FAE070 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.135 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE070
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -4.50, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 57.45, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0152 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.135 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0072, 74.8082, 26.1306)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE070 #708AFA

analogous

#FA9B70 #FAE070 #CFFA70

triadic

#FAE070 #70FAE0 #E070FA

tetradic

#FAE070 #70FA9B #708AFA #FA70CF

square

#FAE070 #70FA9B #708AFA #FA70CF

split-complementary

#FAE070 #70CFFA #9B70FA

monochromatic

#E8BD08 #F8D335 #FAE070 #FCEDAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#FAE070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE070

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE070	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.135 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe99c',
    500: '#fae070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae070;
$custom-light: #ffe99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90628,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE070

secondary

#3956D5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE070

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

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