#FAE785#FAE785

#FAE785 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE785
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -6.26, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 50.18, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0181 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.2359, 79.1718, 33.6624)
Luminance	0.7917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE785 #8598FA

analogous

#FAAC85 #FAE785 #D3FA85

triadic

#FAE785 #85FAE7 #E785FA

tetradic

#FAE785 #85FAAC #8598FA #FA85D3

square

#FAE785 #85FAAC #8598FA #FA85D3

split-complementary

#FAE785 #85D3FA #AC85FA

monochromatic

#F5D00F #F8DB4A #FAE785 #FCF3C0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FAE785 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE785

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE785	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeeaa',
    500: '#fae785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae785;
$custom-light: #feeeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92296,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE785

secondary

#4B62D8

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE785

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

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