#FAE476#FAE476

#FAE476 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE476
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -6.05, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 56.08, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.019 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4402, 77.1216, 28.3116)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE476 #768CFA

analogous

#FAA276 #FAE476 #CEFA76

triadic

#FAE476 #76FAE4 #E476FA

tetradic

#FAE476 #76FAA2 #768CFA #FA76CE

square

#FAE476 #76FAA2 #768CFA #FA76CE

split-complementary

#FAE476 #76CEFA #A276FA

monochromatic

#EDC709 #F8D83B #FAE476 #FCF0B1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#FAE476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE476

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE476	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)

#F6DF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca0',
    500: '#fae476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae476;
$custom-light: #feeca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91499,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE476

secondary

#3E57D6

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE476

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

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