#FAE074#FAE074

#FAE074 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.131 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE074
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -4.19, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 55.63, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0138 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.131 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.2349, 74.8992, 27.3297)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE074 #748EFA

analogous

#FA9D74 #FAE074 #D1FA74

triadic

#FAE074 #74FAE0 #E074FA

tetradic

#FAE074 #74FA9D #748EFA #FA74D1

square

#FAE074 #74FA9D #748EFA #FA74D1

split-complementary

#FAE074 #74D1FA #9D74FA

monochromatic

#EBBF08 #F8D339 #FAE074 #FCEDAF #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#FAE074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE074

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE074	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.131 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99f',
    500: '#fae074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae074;
$custom-light: #fee99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90675,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE074

secondary

#3C5AD6

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE074

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

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