#FAE77A#FAE77A

#FAE77A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE77A
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -7.22, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 55.32, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0219 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.5154, 78.8836, 29.8675)
Luminance	0.7888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE77A #7A8DFA

analogous

#FAA77A #FAE77A #CDFA7A

triadic

#FAE77A #7AFAE7 #E77AFA

tetradic

#FAE77A #7AFAA7 #7A8DFA #FA7ACD

square

#FAE77A #7AFAA7 #7A8DFA #FA7ACD

split-complementary

#FAE77A #7ACDFA #A77AFA

monochromatic

#F1CE09 #F8DC3F #FAE77A #FCF2B5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#FAE77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE77A

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE77A	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea3',
    500: '#fae77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae77a;
$custom-light: #feeea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9215,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE77A

secondary

#4158D7

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE77A

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

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