#FAE080#FAE080

#FAE080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE080
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -3.19, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 50.05, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0097 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.9785, 75.1967, 31.2462)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE080 #809AFA

analogous

#FAA380 #FAE080 #D7FA80

triadic

#FAE080 #80FAE0 #E080FA

tetradic

#FAE080 #80FAA3 #809AFA #FA80D7

square

#FAE080 #80FAA3 #809AFA #FA80D7

split-complementary

#FAE080 #80D7FA #A380FA

monochromatic

#F5C30A #F8D245 #FAE080 #FCEEBB #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#FAE080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE080

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE080	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9a7',
    500: '#fae080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae080;
$custom-light: #fee9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90831,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE080

secondary

#4766D7

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE080

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

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