#FAE779#FAE779

#FAE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE779
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -7.30, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 55.78, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0223 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.4537, 78.8590, 29.5429)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE779 #798CFA

analogous

#FAA779 #FAE779 #CCFA79

triadic

#FAE779 #79FAE7 #E779FA

tetradic

#FAE779 #79FAA7 #798CFA #FA79CC

square

#FAE779 #79FAA7 #798CFA #FA79CC

split-complementary

#FAE779 #79CCFA #A779FA

monochromatic

#F0CE09 #F8DC3E #FAE779 #FCF2B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FAE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE779

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE779	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)

#F9E26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea2',
    500: '#fae779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae779;
$custom-light: #feeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92138,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE779

secondary

#4157D7

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE779

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

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