#FAE874#FAE874

#FAE874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE874
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -8.20, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 58.42, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0254 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4357, 79.3008, 28.0633)
Luminance	0.7930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE874 #7486FA

analogous

#FAA574 #FAE874 #C9FA74

triadic

#FAE874 #74FAE8 #E874FA

tetradic

#FAE874 #74FAA5 #7486FA #FA74C9

square

#FAE874 #74FAA5 #7486FA #FA74C9

split-complementary

#FAE874 #74C9FA #A574FA

monochromatic

#EBCD08 #F8DE39 #FAE874 #FCF2AF #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#FAE874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE874

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE874	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9f',
    500: '#fae874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae874;
$custom-light: #feef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92279,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE874

secondary

#3C51D6

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE874

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

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