#FAE778#FAE778

#FAE778 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.133 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE778
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -7.39, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 56.24, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0226 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.133 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3927, 78.8346, 29.2216)
Luminance	0.7883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE778 #788BFA

analogous

#FAA678 #FAE778 #CCFA78

triadic

#FAE778 #78FAE7 #E778FA

tetradic

#FAE778 #78FAA6 #788BFA #FA78CC

square

#FAE778 #78FAA6 #788BFA #FA78CC

split-complementary

#FAE778 #78CCFA #A678FA

monochromatic

#EFCD09 #F8DD3D #FAE778 #FCF1B3 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FAE778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE778

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE778	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.133 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea2',
    500: '#fae778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae778;
$custom-light: #feeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92126,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE778

secondary

#4056D6

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE778

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

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