#FAE37C#FAE37C

#FAE37C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.126 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE37C
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -5.05, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 52.96, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0155 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.126 97)
XYZ	xyz(70.5338, 76.7202, 30.1580)
Luminance	0.7672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE37C #7C93FA

analogous

#FAA47C #FAE37C #D2FA7C

triadic

#FAE37C #7CFAE3 #E37CFA

tetradic

#FAE37C #7CFAA4 #7C93FA #FA7CD2

square

#FAE37C #7CFAA4 #7C93FA #FA7CD2

split-complementary

#FAE37C #7CD2FA #A47CFA

monochromatic

#F2C809 #F8D641 #FAE37C #FCF0B7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE37C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#FAE37C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE37C

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE37C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE37C	1.00	1.28	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae37c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.126 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba4',
    500: '#fae37c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae37c;
$custom-light: #feeba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae37c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91375,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.76717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE37C

secondary

#435ED7

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE37C

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

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