#FAE875#FAE875

#FAE875 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE875
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -8.12, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 57.97, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0251 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4942, 79.3242, 28.3713)
Luminance	0.7932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE875 #7587FA

analogous

#FAA675 #FAE875 #C9FA75

triadic

#FAE875 #75FAE8 #E875FA

tetradic

#FAE875 #75FAA6 #7587FA #FA75C9

square

#FAE875 #75FAA6 #7587FA #FA75C9

split-complementary

#FAE875 #75C9FA #A675FA

monochromatic

#ECCD09 #F8DE3A #FAE875 #FCF2B0 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#FAE875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE875

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE875	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)

#FAE26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#fae875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae875;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92291,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE875

secondary

#3D52D6

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE875

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

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