#FAE175#FAE175

#FAE175 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.131 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE175
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -4.62, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 55.51, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.015 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.131 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.5629, 75.4617, 27.7275)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE175 #758EFA

analogous

#FA9F75 #FAE175 #D0FA75

triadic

#FAE175 #75FAE1 #E175FA

tetradic

#FAE175 #75FA9F #758EFA #FA75D0

square

#FAE175 #75FA9F #758EFA #FA75D0

split-complementary

#FAE175 #75D0FA #9F75FA

monochromatic

#ECC109 #F8D43A #FAE175 #FCEEB0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#FAE175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE175

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE175	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)

#F4DC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.131 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9f',
    500: '#fae175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae175;
$custom-light: #feea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90887,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE175

secondary

#3D5AD6

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE175

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

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