#FAE477#FAE477

#FAE477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE477
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -5.97, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 55.63, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0186 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4999, 77.1455, 28.6262)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE477 #778DFA

analogous

#FAA377 #FAE477 #CEFA77

triadic

#FAE477 #77FAE4 #E477FA

tetradic

#FAE477 #77FAA3 #778DFA #FA77CE

square

#FAE477 #77FAA3 #778DFA #FA77CE

split-complementary

#FAE477 #77CEFA #A377FA

monochromatic

#EEC709 #F8D83C #FAE477 #FCF0B2 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#FAE477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE477

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE477	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca1',
    500: '#fae477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae477;
$custom-light: #feeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 92.908,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91511,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE477

secondary

#3F58D6

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE477

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

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