#FAE07D#FAE07D

#FAE07D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.123 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE07D
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 125)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -3.45, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 51.46, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0107 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.123 95)
XYZ	xyz(69.7840, 75.1189, 30.2216)
Luminance	0.7512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE07D #7D97FA

analogous

#FAA17D #FAE07D #D5FA7D

triadic

#FAE07D #7DFAE0 #E07DFA

tetradic

#FAE07D #7DFAA1 #7D97FA #FA7DD5

square

#FAE07D #7DFAA1 #7D97FA #FA7DD5

split-complementary

#FAE07D #7DD5FA #A17DFA

monochromatic

#F3C309 #F8D242 #FAE07D #FCEEB8 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE07D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#FAE07D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE07D

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE07D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE07D	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae07d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.123 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9a5',
    500: '#fae07d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae07d;
$custom-light: #fee9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae07d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9079,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.75116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE07D

secondary

#4463D7

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE07D

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

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