#FAE378#FAE378

#FAE378 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.130 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE378
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -5.38, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 54.82, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0168 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.13 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.2860, 76.6211, 28.8527)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE378 #788FFA

analogous

#FAA278 #FAE378 #D0FA78

triadic

#FAE378 #78FAE3 #E378FA

tetradic

#FAE378 #78FAA2 #788FFA #FA78D0

square

#FAE378 #78FAA2 #788FFA #FA78D0

split-complementary

#FAE378 #78D0FA #A278FA

monochromatic

#EFC609 #F8D73D #FAE378 #FCEFB3 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#FAE378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE378

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE378	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.130 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba1',
    500: '#fae378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae378;
$custom-light: #feeba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91324,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE378

secondary

#405AD6

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE378

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

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