#FAE172#FAE172

#FAE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.134 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE172
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -4.85, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 56.88, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.016 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.134 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.3894, 75.3923, 26.8134)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE172 #728BFA

analogous

#FA9D72 #FAE172 #CFFA72

triadic

#FAE172 #72FAE1 #E172FA

tetradic

#FAE172 #72FA9D #728BFA #FA72CF

square

#FAE172 #72FA9D #728BFA #FA72CF

split-complementary

#FAE172 #72CFFA #9D72FA

monochromatic

#E9C008 #F8D437 #FAE172 #FCEEAD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#FAE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE172

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE172	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.134 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fae172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae172;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90851,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE172

secondary

#3B57D6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE172

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

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