#FAE575#FAE575

#FAE575 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.134 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE575
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -6.63, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 56.89, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0208 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.134 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6569, 77.6497, 28.0922)
Luminance	0.7765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE575 #758AFA

analogous

#FAA375 #FAE575 #CDFA75

triadic

#FAE575 #75FAE5 #E575FA

tetradic

#FAE575 #75FAA3 #758AFA #FA75CD

square

#FAE575 #75FAA3 #758AFA #FA75CD

split-complementary

#FAE575 #75CDFA #A375FA

monochromatic

#ECC809 #F8DA3A #FAE575 #FCF0B0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#FAE575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE575

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE575	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.134 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9f',
    500: '#fae575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae575;
$custom-light: #feed9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91688,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE575

secondary

#3D55D6

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE575

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

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