#FAE877#FAE877

#FAE877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE877
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -7.97, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 57.06, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6130, 79.3718, 28.9972)
Luminance	0.7937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE877 #7789FA

analogous

#FAA777 #FAE877 #CAFA77

triadic

#FAE877 #77FAE8 #E877FA

tetradic

#FAE877 #77FAA7 #7789FA #FA77CA

square

#FAE877 #77FAA7 #7789FA #FA77CA

split-complementary

#FAE877 #77CAFA #A777FA

monochromatic

#EECE09 #F8DE3C #FAE877 #FCF2B2 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#FAE877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE877

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE877	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa1',
    500: '#fae877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae877;
$custom-light: #feefa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 92.908,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92315,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE877

secondary

#3F54D6

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE877

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

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