#FAE75D#FAE75D

#FAE75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.156 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE75D
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -9.30, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 68.00, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0311 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.156 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.9788, 78.2690, 21.7751)
Luminance	0.7827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE75D #5D70FA

analogous

#FA995D #FAE75D #BEFA5D

triadic

#FAE75D #5DFAE7 #E75DFA

tetradic

#FAE75D #5DFA99 #5D70FA #FA5DBE

square

#FAE75D #5DFA99 #5D70FA #FA5DBE

split-complementary

#FAE75D #5DBEFA #995DFA

monochromatic

#D6BD07 #F8DE22 #FAE75D #FCF098 #FEF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE75D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#FAE75D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE75D

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE75D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE75D	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae75d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.156 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee91',
    500: '#fae75d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae75d;
$custom-light: #ffee91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae75d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.739,
    "s": 94.012,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91839,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE75D

secondary

#2B3FD0

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE75D

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

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