#FAE77F#FAE77F

#FAE77F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE77F
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 127)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 49.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.24, -6.80, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.24, 53.00, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0202 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.8332, 79.0107, 31.5413)
Luminance	0.7901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE77F #7F92FA

analogous

#FAAA7F #FAE77F #D0FA7F

triadic

#FAE77F #7FFAE7 #E77FFA

tetradic

#FAE77F #7FFAAA #7F92FA #FA7FD0

square

#FAE77F #7FFAAA #7F92FA #FA7FD0

split-complementary

#FAE77F #7FD0FA #AA7FFA

monochromatic

#F5D10A #F8DC44 #FAE77F #FCF2BA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE77F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#FAE77F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE77F

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE77F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE77F	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)

#F9E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae77f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea6',
    500: '#fae77f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae77f;
$custom-light: #feeea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae77f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 92.481,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92215,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE77F

secondary

#465CD7

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE77F

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

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