#FAE680#FAE680

#FAE680 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.125 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE680
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -6.21, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 52.17, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0184 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.125 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.6196, 78.4788, 31.7932)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE680 #8094FA

analogous

#FAA980 #FAE680 #D1FA80

triadic

#FAE680 #80FAE6 #E680FA

tetradic

#FAE680 #80FAA9 #8094FA #FA80D1

square

#FAE680 #80FAA9 #8094FA #FA80D1

split-complementary

#FAE680 #80D1FA #A980FA

monochromatic

#F5CF0A #F8DA45 #FAE680 #FCF2BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE680 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FAE680 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE680

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE680	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE680	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae680;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.125 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda7',
    500: '#fae680',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae680;
$custom-light: #feeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae680",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92027,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE680

secondary

#475ED7

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE680

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

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