#FAE17C#FAE17C

#FAE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE17C
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -4.04, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 52.27, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0125 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9900, 75.6325, 29.9767)
Luminance	0.7563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE17C #7C95FA

analogous

#FAA27C #FAE17C #D4FA7C

triadic

#FAE17C #7CFAE1 #E17CFA

tetradic

#FAE17C #7CFAA2 #7C95FA #FA7CD4

square

#FAE17C #7CFAA2 #7C95FA #FA7CD4

split-complementary

#FAE17C #7CD4FA #A27CFA

monochromatic

#F2C409 #F8D341 #FAE17C #FCEEB7 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#FAE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE17C

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE17C	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa4',
    500: '#fae17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae17c;
$custom-light: #feeaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90976,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE17C

secondary

#4361D7

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE17C

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

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