#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
RGBrgb(250, 231, 133)
HSLhsl(50, 92%, 75%)
HSVhsv(50, 47%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.31, -6.26, 49.78)
CIE-LCHlch(91.31, 50.18, 97.17°)
OKLaboklab(92.3% -0.0181 0.1194)
OKLCHoklch(92.3% 0.121 98.6)
XYZxyz(72.2359, 79.1718, 33.6624)
Luminance0.7917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##FAE7851.001.2516.8316.83
#FFFFFF1.251.0021.0021.00
#00000016.8321.001.001.00
##00000016.8321.001.001.00

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

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#FAE785 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva