#FAE278#FAE278

#FAE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.129 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE278
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -4.88, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 54.47, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0154 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.129 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.0133, 76.0756, 28.7618)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE278 #7890FA

analogous

#FAA178 #FAE278 #D1FA78

triadic

#FAE278 #78FAE2 #E278FA

tetradic

#FAE278 #78FAA1 #7890FA #FA78D1

square

#FAE278 #78FAA1 #7890FA #FA78D1

split-complementary

#FAE278 #78D1FA #A178FA

monochromatic

#EFC409 #F8D53D #FAE278 #FCEFB3 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#FAE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE278

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE278	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.129 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa1',
    500: '#fae278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae278;
$custom-light: #feeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91124,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE278

secondary

#405CD6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE278

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

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