#FAE372#FAE372

#FAE372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.135 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE372
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -5.86, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 57.56, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0189 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.135 98)
XYZ	xyz(69.9332, 76.4799, 26.9947)
Luminance	0.7648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE372 #7289FA

analogous

#FA9F72 #FAE372 #CDFA72

triadic

#FAE372 #72FAE3 #E372FA

tetradic

#FAE372 #72FA9F #7289FA #FA72CD

square

#FAE372 #72FA9F #7289FA #FA72CD

split-complementary

#FAE372 #72CDFA #9F72FA

monochromatic

#E9C308 #F8D737 #FAE372 #FCEFAD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FAE372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE372

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE372	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.135 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb9d',
    500: '#fae372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae372;
$custom-light: #ffeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91251,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.76477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE372

secondary

#3B55D6

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE372

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

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