#FAE17A#FAE17A

#FAE17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.126 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE17A
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -4.21, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 53.20, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0132 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.126 96)
XYZ	xyz(69.8648, 75.5824, 29.3174)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE17A #7A93FA

analogous

#FAA17A #FAE17A #D3FA7A

triadic

#FAE17A #7AFAE1 #E17AFA

tetradic

#FAE17A #7AFAA1 #7A93FA #FA7AD3

square

#FAE17A #7AFAA1 #7A93FA #FA7AD3

split-complementary

#FAE17A #7AD3FA #A17AFA

monochromatic

#F1C309 #F8D43F #FAE17A #FCEEB5 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FAE17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE17A

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE17A	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.126 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa3',
    500: '#fae17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae17a;
$custom-light: #feeaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9095,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.7558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE17A

secondary

#415FD7

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE17A

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

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