#FAE176#FAE176

#FAE176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.130 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE176
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -4.54, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 55.05, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0146 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.13 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6220, 75.4853, 28.0389)
Luminance	0.7548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE176 #768FFA

analogous

#FA9F76 #FAE176 #D1FA76

triadic

#FAE176 #76FAE1 #E176FA

tetradic

#FAE176 #76FA9F #768FFA #FA76D1

square

#FAE176 #76FA9F #768FFA #FA76D1

split-complementary

#FAE176 #76D1FA #9F76FA

monochromatic

#EDC209 #F8D43B #FAE176 #FCEEB1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#FAE176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE176

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE176	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.130 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa0',
    500: '#fae176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae176;
$custom-light: #feeaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90899,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE176

secondary

#3E5BD6

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE176

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

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