#FAE073#FAE073

#FAE073 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.132 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE073
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -4.27, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 56.09, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0142 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.132 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1770, 74.8761, 27.0250)
Luminance	0.7487 (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

#FAE073 #738DFA

analogous

#FA9D73 #FAE073 #D1FA73

triadic

#FAE073 #73FAE0 #E073FA

tetradic

#FAE073 #73FA9D #738DFA #FA73D1

square

#FAE073 #73FA9D #738DFA #FA73D1

split-complementary

#FAE073 #73D1FA #9D73FA

monochromatic

#EABF08 #F8D338 #FAE073 #FCEDAE #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#FAE073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE073

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE073	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.132 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe99e',
    500: '#fae073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae073;
$custom-light: #ffe99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90663,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE073

secondary

#3B59D6

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE073

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

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