#FAE482#FAE482

#FAE482 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.121 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE482
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 130)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 48%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -5.03, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 50.50, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0148 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.121 97)
XYZ	xyz(71.1992, 77.4252, 32.3089)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE482 #8298FA

analogous

#FAA882 #FAE482 #D4FA82

triadic

#FAE482 #82FAE4 #E482FA

tetradic

#FAE482 #82FAA8 #8298FA #FA82D4

square

#FAE482 #82FAA8 #8298FA #FA82D4

split-complementary

#FAE482 #82D4FA #A882FA

monochromatic

#F5CB0C #F8D747 #FAE482 #FCF1BD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FAE482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE482

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE482	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)

#F5DF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.121 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca8',
    500: '#fae482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae482;
$custom-light: #feeca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91655,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.77423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE482

secondary

#4863D8

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE482

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

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