#FAE273#FAE273

#FAE273 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE273
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -5.28, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 56.76, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0171 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7177, 75.9574, 27.2052)
Luminance	0.7595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE273 #738BFA

analogous

#FA9F73 #FAE273 #CFFA73

triadic

#FAE273 #73FAE2 #E273FA

tetradic

#FAE273 #73FA9F #738BFA #FA73CF

square

#FAE273 #73FA9F #738BFA #FA73CF

split-complementary

#FAE273 #73CFFA #9F73FA

monochromatic

#EAC208 #F8D638 #FAE273 #FCEEAE #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#FAE273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE273

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE273	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)

#F5DD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9e',
    500: '#fae273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae273;
$custom-light: #ffea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91063,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE273

secondary

#3B57D6

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE273

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

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