#FAE85F#FAE85F

#FAE85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.156 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE85F
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -9.67, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 67.52, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0319 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.156 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.3493, 78.8663, 22.3413)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE85F #5F71FA

analogous

#FA9A5F #FAE85F #BFFA5F

triadic

#FAE85F #5FFAE8 #E85FFA

tetradic

#FAE85F #5FFA9A #5F71FA #FA5FBF

square

#FAE85F #5FFA9A #5F71FA #FA5FBF

split-complementary

#FAE85F #5FBFFA #9A5FFA

monochromatic

#D8C007 #F8DF24 #FAE85F #FCF19A #FEF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FAE85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE85F

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE85F	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)

#FCE14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.156 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef92',
    500: '#fae85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae85f;
$custom-light: #ffef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9206,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE85F

secondary

#2B3FD2

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE85F

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

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