#FAE55F#FAE55F

#FAE55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.153 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE55F
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -8.18, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 66.50, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0277 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.153 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.5120, 77.1918, 22.0623)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE55F #5F74FA

analogous

#FA975F #FAE55F #C1FA5F

triadic

#FAE55F #5FFAE5 #E55FFA

tetradic

#FAE55F #5FFA97 #5F74FA #FA5FC1

square

#FAE55F #5FFA97 #5F74FA #FA5FC1

split-complementary

#FAE55F #5FC1FA #975FFA

monochromatic

#D8BC07 #F8DB24 #FAE55F #FCEF9A #FEF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#FAE55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE55F

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE55F	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)

#F9DF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.153 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec92',
    500: '#fae55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae55f;
$custom-light: #ffec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91453,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE55F

secondary

#2B42D2

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE55F

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

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