#FAE774#FAE774

#FAE774 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE774
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -7.70, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 58.06, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.024 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1550, 78.7395, 27.9697)
Luminance	0.7874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE774 #7487FA

analogous

#FAA474 #FAE774 #CAFA74

triadic

#FAE774 #74FAE7 #E774FA

tetradic

#FAE774 #74FAA4 #7487FA #FA74CA

square

#FAE774 #74FAA4 #7487FA #FA74CA

split-complementary

#FAE774 #74CAFA #A474FA

monochromatic

#EBCB08 #F8DD39 #FAE774 #FCF1AF #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#FAE774 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE774

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE774	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9f',
    500: '#fae774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae774;
$custom-light: #feee9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92078,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE774

secondary

#3C52D6

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE774

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

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