#FAE675#FAE675

#FAE675 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE675
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -7.13, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 57.25, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0222 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.9344, 78.2047, 28.1847)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE675 #7589FA

analogous

#FAA375 #FAE675 #CCFA75

triadic

#FAE675 #75FAE6 #E675FA

tetradic

#FAE675 #75FAA3 #7589FA #FA75CC

square

#FAE675 #75FAA3 #7589FA #FA75CC

split-complementary

#FAE675 #75CCFA #A375FA

monochromatic

#ECCA09 #F8DB3A #FAE675 #FCF1B0 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE675 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#FAE675 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE675

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE675	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE675	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae675;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda0',
    500: '#fae675',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae675;
$custom-light: #feeda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae675",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91888,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE675

secondary

#3D54D6

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE675

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

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