#FAE681#FAE681

#FAE681 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.124 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE681
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -6.12, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 51.70, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.018 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.124 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6857, 78.5052, 32.1416)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE681 #8195FA

analogous

#FAAA81 #FAE681 #D1FA81

triadic

#FAE681 #81FAE6 #E681FA

tetradic

#FAE681 #81FAAA #8195FA #FA81D1

square

#FAE681 #81FAAA #8195FA #FA81D1

split-complementary

#FAE681 #81D1FA #AA81FA

monochromatic

#F5CF0B #F8DA46 #FAE681 #FCF2BC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FAE681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE681

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE681	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)

#F7E178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.124 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda7',
    500: '#fae681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae681;
$custom-light: #feeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92041,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE681

secondary

#485FD8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE681

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

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