#FAE57E#FAE57E

#FAE57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.126 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE57E
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -5.88, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 52.74, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0177 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.126 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.2118, 77.8717, 31.0143)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE57E #7E93FA

analogous

#FAA77E #FAE57E #D1FA7E

triadic

#FAE57E #7EFAE5 #E57EFA

tetradic

#FAE57E #7EFAA7 #7E93FA #FA7ED1

square

#FAE57E #7EFAA7 #7E93FA #FA7ED1

split-complementary

#FAE57E #7ED1FA #A77EFA

monochromatic

#F4CC09 #F8D943 #FAE57E #FCF1B9 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FAE57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE57E

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE57E	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.126 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda5',
    500: '#fae57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae57e;
$custom-light: #feeda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91801,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE57E

secondary

#455ED7

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE57E

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

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