#FAE573#FAE573

#FAE573 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.136 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE573
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -6.78, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 57.80, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0214 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.136 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.5406, 77.6032, 27.4795)
Luminance	0.7760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE573 #7388FA

analogous

#FAA273 #FAE573 #CBFA73

triadic

#FAE573 #73FAE5 #E573FA

tetradic

#FAE573 #73FAA2 #7388FA #FA73CB

square

#FAE573 #73FAA2 #7388FA #FA73CB

split-complementary

#FAE573 #73CBFA #A273FA

monochromatic

#EAC708 #F8DA38 #FAE573 #FCF0AE #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FAE573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE573

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE573	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)

#F8E068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.136 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9e',
    500: '#fae573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae573;
$custom-light: #feed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91664,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE573

secondary

#3B53D6

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE573

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

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