#FAE75F#FAE75F

#FAE75F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.155 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE75F
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -9.18, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 67.17, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0305 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.155 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0686, 78.3049, 22.2478)
Luminance	0.7830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE75F #5F72FA

analogous

#FA995F #FAE75F #C0FA5F

triadic

#FAE75F #5FFAE7 #E75FFA

tetradic

#FAE75F #5FFA99 #5F72FA #FA5FC0

square

#FAE75F #5FFA99 #5F72FA #FA5FC0

split-complementary

#FAE75F #5FC0FA #995FFA

monochromatic

#D8BE07 #F8DE24 #FAE75F #FCF09A #FEF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE75F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#FAE75F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE75F

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE75F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE75F	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae75f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.155 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee92',
    500: '#fae75f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae75f;
$custom-light: #ffee92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae75f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91857,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE75F

secondary

#2B40D2

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE75F

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

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