#FAE374#FAE374

#FAE374 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE374
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -5.70, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 56.65, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0182 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0483, 76.5260, 27.6008)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE374 #748BFA

analogous

#FAA074 #FAE374 #CEFA74

triadic

#FAE374 #74FAE3 #E374FA

tetradic

#FAE374 #74FAA0 #748BFA #FA74CE

square

#FAE374 #74FAA0 #748BFA #FA74CE

split-complementary

#FAE374 #74CEFA #A074FA

monochromatic

#EBC408 #F8D739 #FAE374 #FCEFAF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FAE374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE374

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE374	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)

#F6DE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9f',
    500: '#fae374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae374;
$custom-light: #feeb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91275,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE374

secondary

#3C57D6

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE374

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

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