#FAE170#FAE170

#FAE170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE170
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -5.01, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 57.78, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0166 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.2768, 75.3472, 26.2205)
Luminance	0.7534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE170 #7089FA

analogous

#FA9C70 #FAE170 #CEFA70

triadic

#FAE170 #70FAE1 #E170FA

tetradic

#FAE170 #70FA9C #7089FA #FA70CE

square

#FAE170 #70FA9C #7089FA #FA70CE

split-complementary

#FAE170 #70CEFA #9C70FA

monochromatic

#E8BF08 #F8D535 #FAE170 #FCEDAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#FAE170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE170

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE170	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9c',
    500: '#fae170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae170;
$custom-light: #ffea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90828,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE170

secondary

#3955D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE170

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

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