#FAE781#FAE781

#FAE781 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE781
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -6.62, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 52.06, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0195 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(71.9648, 79.0634, 32.2346)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE781 #8194FA

analogous

#FAAB81 #FAE781 #D0FA81

triadic

#FAE781 #81FAE7 #E781FA

tetradic

#FAE781 #81FAAB #8194FA #FA81D0

square

#FAE781 #81FAAB #8194FA #FA81D0

split-complementary

#FAE781 #81D0FA #AB81FA

monochromatic

#F5D10B #F8DC46 #FAE781 #FCF2BC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FAE781 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE781

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE781	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)

#F8E278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea7',
    500: '#fae781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae781;
$custom-light: #feeea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92241,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.79061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE781

secondary

#485ED8

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE781

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

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