#FAE77E#FAE77E

#FAE77E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE77E
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -6.88, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 53.47, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0205 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.7683, 78.9848, 31.1998)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE77E #7E91FA

analogous

#FAA97E #FAE77E #CFFA7E

triadic

#FAE77E #7EFAE7 #E77EFA

tetradic

#FAE77E #7EFAA9 #7E91FA #FA7ECF

square

#FAE77E #7EFAA9 #7E91FA #FA7ECF

split-complementary

#FAE77E #7ECFFA #A97EFA

monochromatic

#F4D009 #F8DC43 #FAE77E #FCF2B9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#FAE77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE77E

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE77E	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea5',
    500: '#fae77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae77e;
$custom-light: #feeea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92202,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE77E

secondary

#455BD7

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE77E

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

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