#FAE879#FAE879

#FAE879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE879
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -7.80, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 56.14, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0237 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7344, 79.4203, 29.6365)
Luminance	0.7942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE879 #798BFA

analogous

#FAA779 #FAE879 #CBFA79

triadic

#FAE879 #79FAE8 #E879FA

tetradic

#FAE879 #79FAA7 #798BFA #FA79CB

square

#FAE879 #79FAA7 #798BFA #FA79CB

split-complementary

#FAE879 #79CBFA #A779FA

monochromatic

#F0CF09 #F8DE3E #FAE879 #FCF2B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#FAE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE879

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE879	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa2',
    500: '#fae879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae879;
$custom-light: #feefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92339,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE879

secondary

#4156D7

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE879

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

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