#FAE574#FAE574

#FAE574 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.135 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE574
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -6.71, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 57.35, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0211 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.135 99)
XYZ	xyz(70.5985, 77.6264, 27.7842)
Luminance	0.7762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE574 #7489FA

analogous

#FAA274 #FAE574 #CCFA74

triadic

#FAE574 #74FAE5 #E574FA

tetradic

#FAE574 #74FAA2 #7489FA #FA74CC

square

#FAE574 #74FAA2 #7489FA #FA74CC

split-complementary

#FAE574 #74CCFA #A274FA

monochromatic

#EBC808 #F8DA39 #FAE574 #FCF0AF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FAE574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE574

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE574	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)

#F8E069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.135 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9f',
    500: '#fae574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae574;
$custom-light: #feed9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91676,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.77624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE574

secondary

#3C54D6

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE574

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

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