#FAE572#FAE572

#FAE572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE572
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -6.86, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 58.25, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0218 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4834, 77.5803, 27.1781)
Luminance	0.7758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE572 #7287FA

analogous

#FAA172 #FAE572 #CBFA72

triadic

#FAE572 #72FAE5 #E572FA

tetradic

#FAE572 #72FAA1 #7287FA #FA72CB

square

#FAE572 #72FAA1 #7287FA #FA72CB

split-complementary

#FAE572 #72CBFA #A172FA

monochromatic

#E9C708 #F8DA37 #FAE572 #FCF0AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FAE572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE572

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE572	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9e',
    500: '#fae572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae572;
$custom-light: #ffed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91652,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE572

secondary

#3B53D6

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE572

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

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