#FAE075#FAE075

#FAE075 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.130 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE075
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -4.11, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 55.17, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0135 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.13 96)
XYZ	xyz(69.2934, 74.9226, 27.6377)
Luminance	0.7492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE075 #758FFA

analogous

#FA9E75 #FAE075 #D1FA75

triadic

#FAE075 #75FAE0 #E075FA

tetradic

#FAE075 #75FA9E #758FFA #FA75D1

square

#FAE075 #75FA9E #758FFA #FA75D1

split-complementary

#FAE075 #75D1FA #9E75FA

monochromatic

#ECC009 #F8D33A #FAE075 #FCEDB0 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE075 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#FAE075 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE075

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE075	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE075	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)

#F3DC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae075;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.130 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99f',
    500: '#fae075',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae075;
$custom-light: #fee99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae075",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90688,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.7492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE075

secondary

#3D5BD6

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE075

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

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