#FAE772#FAE772

#FAE772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE772
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -7.86, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 58.96, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.0246 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.0399, 78.6935, 27.3636)
Luminance	0.7869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE772 #7285FA

analogous

#FAA372 #FAE772 #C9FA72

triadic

#FAE772 #72FAE7 #E772FA

tetradic

#FAE772 #72FAA3 #7285FA #FA72C9

square

#FAE772 #72FAA3 #7285FA #FA72C9

split-complementary

#FAE772 #72C9FA #A372FA

monochromatic

#E9CA08 #F8DD37 #FAE772 #FCF1AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#FAE772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE772

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE772	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9e',
    500: '#fae772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae772;
$custom-light: #ffee9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92054,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE772

secondary

#3B50D6

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE772

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

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