#FAE577#FAE577

#FAE577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE577
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -6.47, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 55.98, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0201 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7758, 77.6973, 28.7181)
Luminance	0.7770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE577 #778CFA

analogous

#FAA477 #FAE577 #CDFA77

triadic

#FAE577 #77FAE5 #E577FA

tetradic

#FAE577 #77FAA4 #778CFA #FA77CD

square

#FAE577 #77FAA4 #778CFA #FA77CD

split-complementary

#FAE577 #77CDFA #A477FA

monochromatic

#EEC909 #F8DA3C #FAE577 #FCF0B2 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#FAE577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE577

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE577	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda1',
    500: '#fae577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae577;
$custom-light: #feeda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 92.908,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91712,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE577

secondary

#3F57D6

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE577

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →