#FAE77B#FAE77B

#FAE77B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE77B
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 123)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -7.14, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 54.86, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0216 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5777, 78.9085, 30.1955)
Luminance	0.7891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE77B #7B8EFA

analogous

#FAA77B #FAE77B #CDFA7B

triadic

#FAE77B #7BFAE7 #E77BFA

tetradic

#FAE77B #7BFAA7 #7B8EFA #FA7BCD

square

#FAE77B #7BFAA7 #7B8EFA #FA7BCD

split-complementary

#FAE77B #7BCDFA #A77BFA

monochromatic

#F1CF09 #F8DC40 #FAE77B #FCF2B6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#FAE77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE77B

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE77B	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)

#F9E271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea3',
    500: '#fae77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae77b;
$custom-light: #feeea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92163,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE77B

secondary

#4259D7

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE77B

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

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