#FAE079#FAE079

#FAE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.127 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE079
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -3.79, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 53.33, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0121 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.127 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5336, 75.0187, 28.9029)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE079 #7993FA

analogous

#FA9F79 #FAE079 #D3FA79

triadic

#FAE079 #79FAE0 #E079FA

tetradic

#FAE079 #79FA9F #7993FA #FA79D3

square

#FAE079 #79FA9F #7993FA #FA79D3

split-complementary

#FAE079 #79D3FA #9F79FA

monochromatic

#F0C109 #F8D23E #FAE079 #FCEEB4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#FAE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE079

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE079	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.127 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9a2',
    500: '#fae079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae079;
$custom-light: #fee9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90738,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE079

secondary

#415FD7

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE079

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

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