#FAE57B#FAE57B

#FAE57B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.129 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE57B
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 123)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -6.14, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 54.13, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0187 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.129 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.0211, 77.7954, 30.0100)
Luminance	0.7779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE57B #7B90FA

analogous

#FAA57B #FAE57B #CFFA7B

triadic

#FAE57B #7BFAE5 #E57BFA

tetradic

#FAE57B #7BFAA5 #7B90FA #FA7BCF

square

#FAE57B #7BFAA5 #7B90FA #FA7BCF

split-complementary

#FAE57B #7BCFFA #A57BFA

monochromatic

#F1CB09 #F8D940 #FAE57B #FCF1B6 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FAE57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE57B

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE57B	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.129 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda3',
    500: '#fae57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae57b;
$custom-light: #feeda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91762,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE57B

secondary

#425BD7

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE57B

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

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