#FAE77C#FAE77C

#FAE77C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE77C
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 124)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -7.05, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 54.39, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0213 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6406, 78.9337, 30.5269)
Luminance	0.7893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE77C #7C8FFA

analogous

#FAA87C #FAE77C #CEFA7C

triadic

#FAE77C #7CFAE7 #E77CFA

tetradic

#FAE77C #7CFAA8 #7C8FFA #FA7CCE

square

#FAE77C #7CFAA8 #7C8FFA #FA7CCE

split-complementary

#FAE77C #7CCEFA #A87CFA

monochromatic

#F2CF09 #F8DC41 #FAE77C #FCF2B7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE77C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#FAE77C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE77C

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE77C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE77C	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae77c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea4',
    500: '#fae77c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae77c;
$custom-light: #feeea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae77c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92176,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE77C

secondary

#435AD7

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE77C

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

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