#FAE181#FAE181

#FAE181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.120 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE181
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -3.61, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 49.92, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0108 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.12 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.3142, 75.7622, 31.6844)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE181 #819AFA

analogous

#FAA581 #FAE181 #D7FA81

triadic

#FAE181 #81FAE1 #E181FA

tetradic

#FAE181 #81FAA5 #819AFA #FA81D7

square

#FAE181 #81FAA5 #819AFA #FA81D7

split-complementary

#FAE181 #81D7FA #A581FA

monochromatic

#F5C50B #F8D346 #FAE181 #FCEFBC #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#FAE181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE181

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE181	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.120 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa7',
    500: '#fae181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae181;
$custom-light: #feeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91043,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE181

secondary

#4865D8

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE181

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

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