#FAE480#FAE480

#FAE480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE480
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -5.21, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 51.44, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0155 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.123 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.0662, 77.3720, 31.6088)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE480 #8096FA

analogous

#FAA780 #FAE480 #D3FA80

triadic

#FAE480 #80FAE4 #E480FA

tetradic

#FAE480 #80FAA7 #8096FA #FA80D3

square

#FAE480 #80FAA7 #8096FA #FA80D3

split-complementary

#FAE480 #80D3FA #A780FA

monochromatic

#F5CB0A #F8D745 #FAE480 #FCF1BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#FAE480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE480

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE480	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.123 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca7',
    500: '#fae480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae480;
$custom-light: #feeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91627,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE480

secondary

#4761D7

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE480

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

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