#FAE481#FAE481

#FAE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.122 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE481
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -5.12, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 50.97, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0151 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.122 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1324, 77.3985, 31.9571)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE481 #8197FA

analogous

#FAA881 #FAE481 #D4FA81

triadic

#FAE481 #81FAE4 #E481FA

tetradic

#FAE481 #81FAA8 #8197FA #FA81D4

square

#FAE481 #81FAA8 #8197FA #FA81D4

split-complementary

#FAE481 #81D4FA #A881FA

monochromatic

#F5CB0B #F8D746 #FAE481 #FCF1BC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FAE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE481

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE481	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.122 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca7',
    500: '#fae481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae481;
$custom-light: #feeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91641,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE481

secondary

#4862D8

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE481

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

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