#FAE479#FAE479

#FAE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.130 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE479
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -5.80, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 54.70, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.018 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.13 98)
XYZ	xyz(70.6213, 77.1941, 29.2654)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE479 #798FFA

analogous

#FAA379 #FAE479 #D0FA79

triadic

#FAE479 #79FAE4 #E479FA

tetradic

#FAE479 #79FAA3 #798FFA #FA79D0

square

#FAE479 #79FAA3 #798FFA #FA79D0

split-complementary

#FAE479 #79D0FA #A379FA

monochromatic

#F0C809 #F8D83E #FAE479 #FCF0B4 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#FAE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE479

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE479	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.130 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca2',
    500: '#fae479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae479;
$custom-light: #feeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91536,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.77191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE479

secondary

#415AD7

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE479

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

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