#FAE474#FAE474

#FAE474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.134 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE474
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -6.20, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 57.00, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0196 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.134 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3226, 77.0746, 27.6923)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE474 #748AFA

analogous

#FAA174 #FAE474 #CDFA74

triadic

#FAE474 #74FAE4 #E474FA

tetradic

#FAE474 #74FAA1 #748AFA #FA74CD

square

#FAE474 #74FAA1 #748AFA #FA74CD

split-complementary

#FAE474 #74CDFA #A174FA

monochromatic

#EBC608 #F8D939 #FAE474 #FCEFAF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#FAE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE474

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE474	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)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.134 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9f',
    500: '#fae474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae474;
$custom-light: #feec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91475,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE474

secondary

#3C56D6

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE474

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

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