#FAE274#FAE274

#FAE274 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.133 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE274
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -5.20, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 56.30, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0168 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.133 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7756, 75.9806, 27.5099)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE274 #748CFA

analogous

#FA9F74 #FAE274 #CFFA74

triadic

#FAE274 #74FAE2 #E274FA

tetradic

#FAE274 #74FA9F #748CFA #FA74CF

square

#FAE274 #74FA9F #748CFA #FA74CF

split-complementary

#FAE274 #74CFFA #9F74FA

monochromatic

#EBC308 #F8D639 #FAE274 #FCEEAF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#FAE274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE274

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE274	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.133 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9f',
    500: '#fae274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae274;
$custom-light: #feea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91075,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE274

secondary

#3C58D6

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE274

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

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