#FAE578#FAE578

#FAE578 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE578
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -6.39, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 55.52, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0197 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.8362, 77.7214, 29.0361)
Luminance	0.7772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE578 #788DFA

analogous

#FAA478 #FAE578 #CEFA78

triadic

#FAE578 #78FAE5 #E578FA

tetradic

#FAE578 #78FAA4 #788DFA #FA78CE

square

#FAE578 #78FAA4 #788DFA #FA78CE

split-complementary

#FAE578 #78CEFA #A478FA

monochromatic

#EFCA09 #F8DA3D #FAE578 #FCF0B3 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#FAE578 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE578

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE578	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)

#F7E06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda1',
    500: '#fae578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae578;
$custom-light: #feeda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91724,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE578

secondary

#4058D6

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE578

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

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