#FAE272#FAE272

#FAE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE272
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -5.36, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 57.21, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0174 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6605, 75.9345, 26.9038)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE272 #728AFA

analogous

#FA9E72 #FAE272 #CEFA72

triadic

#FAE272 #72FAE2 #E272FA

tetradic

#FAE272 #72FA9E #728AFA #FA72CE

square

#FAE272 #72FA9E #728AFA #FA72CE

split-complementary

#FAE272 #72CEFA #9E72FA

monochromatic

#E9C208 #F8D637 #FAE272 #FCEEAD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#FAE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE272

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE272	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fae272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae272;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91051,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE272

secondary

#3B56D6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE272

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

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