#FAE37E#FAE37E

#FAE37E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.124 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE37E
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -4.88, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 52.03, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0148 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.124 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6616, 76.7713, 30.8309)
Luminance	0.7677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE37E #7E95FA

analogous

#FAA57E #FAE37E #D3FA7E

triadic

#FAE37E #7EFAE3 #E37EFA

tetradic

#FAE37E #7EFAA5 #7E95FA #FA7ED3

square

#FAE37E #7EFAA5 #7E95FA #FA7ED3

split-complementary

#FAE37E #7ED3FA #A57EFA

monochromatic

#F4C909 #F8D643 #FAE37E #FCF0B9 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#FAE37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE37E

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE37E	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.124 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba5',
    500: '#fae37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae37e;
$custom-light: #feeba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91401,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE37E

secondary

#4560D7

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE37E

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

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