#FAE776#FAE776

#FAE776 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE776
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -7.55, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 57.15, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0233 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2726, 78.7865, 28.5890)
Luminance	0.7878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE776 #7689FA

analogous

#FAA576 #FAE776 #CBFA76

triadic

#FAE776 #76FAE7 #E776FA

tetradic

#FAE776 #76FAA5 #7689FA #FA76CB

square

#FAE776 #76FAA5 #7689FA #FA76CB

split-complementary

#FAE776 #76CBFA #A576FA

monochromatic

#EDCC09 #F8DD3B #FAE776 #FCF1B1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE776 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#FAE776 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE776

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE776	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE776	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae776;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea0',
    500: '#fae776',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae776;
$custom-light: #feeea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae776",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92101,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE776

secondary

#3E54D6

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE776

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

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