#FAE472#FAE472

#FAE472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.136 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE472
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -6.36, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 57.90, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0203 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.136 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.2075, 77.0285, 27.0862)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE472 #7288FA

analogous

#FAA072 #FAE472 #CCFA72

triadic

#FAE472 #72FAE4 #E472FA

tetradic

#FAE472 #72FAA0 #7288FA #FA72CC

square

#FAE472 #72FAA0 #7288FA #FA72CC

split-complementary

#FAE472 #72CCFA #A072FA

monochromatic

#E9C508 #F8D937 #FAE472 #FCEFAD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#FAE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE472

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE472	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.136 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9d',
    500: '#fae472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae472;
$custom-light: #ffec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91451,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE472

secondary

#3B54D6

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE472

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

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