#FAE780#FAE780

#FAE780 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE780
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -6.71, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 52.53, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0198 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.8987, 79.0369, 31.8862)
Luminance	0.7903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE780 #8093FA

analogous

#FAAA80 #FAE780 #D0FA80

triadic

#FAE780 #80FAE7 #E780FA

tetradic

#FAE780 #80FAAA #8093FA #FA80D0

square

#FAE780 #80FAAA #8093FA #FA80D0

split-complementary

#FAE780 #80D0FA #AA80FA

monochromatic

#F5D10A #F8DC45 #FAE780 #FCF2BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FAE780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE780

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE780	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea7',
    500: '#fae780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae780;
$custom-light: #feeea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92228,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE780

secondary

#475DD7

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE780

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

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