#FAE85D#FAE85D

#FAE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.157 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE85D
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -9.80, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 68.33, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0325 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.157 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.2595, 78.8304, 21.8687)
Luminance	0.7883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE85D #5D6FFA

analogous

#FA9A5D #FAE85D #BEFA5D

triadic

#FAE85D #5DFAE8 #E85DFA

tetradic

#FAE85D #5DFA9A #5D6FFA #FA5DBE

square

#FAE85D #5DFA9A #5D6FFA #FA5DBE

split-complementary

#FAE85D #5DBEFA #9A5DFA

monochromatic

#D6BE07 #F8E022 #FAE85D #FCF098 #FEF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FAE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE85D

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE85D	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.157 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef91',
    500: '#fae85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae85d;
$custom-light: #ffef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.121,
    "s": 94.012,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92042,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE85D

secondary

#2B3ED0

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE85D

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

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