#FAE174#FAE174

#FAE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.132 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE174
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -4.70, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 55.96, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0153 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.132 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.5044, 75.4383, 27.4196)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE174 #748DFA

analogous

#FA9E74 #FAE174 #D0FA74

triadic

#FAE174 #74FAE1 #E174FA

tetradic

#FAE174 #74FA9E #748DFA #FA74D0

square

#FAE174 #74FA9E #748DFA #FA74D0

split-complementary

#FAE174 #74D0FA #9E74FA

monochromatic

#EBC108 #F8D439 #FAE174 #FCEEAF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#FAE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE174

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE174	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.132 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9f',
    500: '#fae174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae174;
$custom-light: #feea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90875,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE174

secondary

#3C59D6

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE174

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

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