#FAE775#FAE775

#FAE775 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE775
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -7.63, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 57.61, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0236 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(71.2135, 78.7629, 28.2777)
Luminance	0.7876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE775 #7588FA

analogous

#FAA575 #FAE775 #CAFA75

triadic

#FAE775 #75FAE7 #E775FA

tetradic

#FAE775 #75FAA5 #7588FA #FA75CA

square

#FAE775 #75FAA5 #7588FA #FA75CA

split-complementary

#FAE775 #75CAFA #A575FA

monochromatic

#ECCC09 #F8DD3A #FAE775 #FCF1B0 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#FAE775 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE775

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE775	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)

#F9E16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea0',
    500: '#fae775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae775;
$custom-light: #feeea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92089,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.7876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE775

secondary

#3D53D6

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE775

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

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