#FAE770#FAE770

#FAE770 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE770
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -8.01, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 59.86, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0253 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.9274, 78.6484, 26.7707)
Luminance	0.7865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE770 #7083FA

analogous

#FAA270 #FAE770 #C8FA70

triadic

#FAE770 #70FAE7 #E770FA

tetradic

#FAE770 #70FAA2 #7083FA #FA70C8

square

#FAE770 #70FAA2 #7083FA #FA70C8

split-complementary

#FAE770 #70C8FA #A270FA

monochromatic

#E8C908 #F8DD35 #FAE770 #FCF1AB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#FAE770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE770

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE770	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9c',
    500: '#fae770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae770;
$custom-light: #ffee9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92032,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE770

secondary

#394ED5

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE770

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

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