#FAE478#FAE478

#FAE478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE478
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -5.88, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 55.17, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0183 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(70.5603, 77.1697, 28.9441)
Luminance	0.7717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE478 #788EFA

analogous

#FAA378 #FAE478 #CFFA78

triadic

#FAE478 #78FAE4 #E478FA

tetradic

#FAE478 #78FAA3 #788EFA #FA78CF

square

#FAE478 #78FAA3 #788EFA #FA78CF

split-complementary

#FAE478 #78CFFA #A378FA

monochromatic

#EFC809 #F8D83D #FAE478 #FCF0B3 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#FAE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE478

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE478	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)

#F6DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca1',
    500: '#fae478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae478;
$custom-light: #feeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91524,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.77167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE478

secondary

#4059D6

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE478

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

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