#FAE87A#FAE87A

#FAE87A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87A
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -7.72, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 55.69, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0234 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7961, 79.4450, 29.9611)
Luminance	0.7944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87A #7A8CFA

analogous

#FAA87A #FAE87A #CCFA7A

triadic

#FAE87A #7AFAE8 #E87AFA

tetradic

#FAE87A #7AFAA8 #7A8CFA #FA7ACC

square

#FAE87A #7AFAA8 #7A8CFA #FA7ACC

split-complementary

#FAE87A #7ACCFA #A87AFA

monochromatic

#F1D009 #F8DE3F #FAE87A #FCF2B5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FAE87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87A

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87A	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa3',
    500: '#fae87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87a;
$custom-light: #feefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92351,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87A

secondary

#4156D7

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87A

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

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