#FAE475#FAE475

#FAE475 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE475
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -6.13, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 56.54, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0193 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.3811, 77.0980, 28.0003)
Luminance	0.7710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE475 #758BFA

analogous

#FAA275 #FAE475 #CEFA75

triadic

#FAE475 #75FAE4 #E475FA

tetradic

#FAE475 #75FAA2 #758BFA #FA75CE

square

#FAE475 #75FAA2 #758BFA #FA75CE

split-complementary

#FAE475 #75CEFA #A275FA

monochromatic

#ECC609 #F8D83A #FAE475 #FCF0B0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#FAE475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE475

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE475	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9f',
    500: '#fae475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae475;
$custom-light: #feec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91487,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE475

secondary

#3D56D6

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE475

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

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