#FAE672#FAE672

#FAE672 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE672
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -7.36, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 58.60, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0232 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7609, 78.1353, 27.2706)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE672 #7286FA

analogous

#FAA272 #FAE672 #CAFA72

triadic

#FAE672 #72FAE6 #E672FA

tetradic

#FAE672 #72FAA2 #7286FA #FA72CA

square

#FAE672 #72FAA2 #7286FA #FA72CA

split-complementary

#FAE672 #72CAFA #A272FA

monochromatic

#E9C808 #F8DC37 #FAE672 #FCF0AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE672 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#FAE672 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE672

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE672	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE672	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae672;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9e',
    500: '#fae672',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae672;
$custom-light: #ffed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae672",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91853,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE672

secondary

#3B51D6

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE672

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

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