#FAE376#FAE376

#FAE376 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE376
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -5.54, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 55.73, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0175 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.1659, 76.5730, 28.2201)
Luminance	0.7657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE376 #768DFA

analogous

#FAA176 #FAE376 #CFFA76

triadic

#FAE376 #76FAE3 #E376FA

tetradic

#FAE376 #76FAA1 #768DFA #FA76CF

square

#FAE376 #76FAA1 #768DFA #FA76CF

split-complementary

#FAE376 #76CFFA #A176FA

monochromatic

#EDC509 #F8D73B #FAE376 #FCEFB1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#FAE376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE376

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE376	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba0',
    500: '#fae376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae376;
$custom-light: #feeba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91299,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE376

secondary

#3E59D6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE376

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

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