#FAE45F#FAE45F

#FAE45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.152 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE45F
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -7.68, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 66.17, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0262 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.152 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.2361, 76.6400, 21.9703)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE45F #5F75FA

analogous

#FA975F #FAE45F #C2FA5F

triadic

#FAE45F #5FFAE4 #E45FFA

tetradic

#FAE45F #5FFA97 #5F75FA #FA5FC2

square

#FAE45F #5FFA97 #5F75FA #FA5FC2

split-complementary

#FAE45F #5FC2FA #975FFA

monochromatic

#D8BA07 #F8DA24 #FAE45F #FCEE9A #FEF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#FAE45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE45F

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE45F	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.152 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec92',
    500: '#fae45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae45f;
$custom-light: #ffec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91252,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE45F

secondary

#2B43D2

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE45F

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

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