#FAE87B#FAE87B

#FAE87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87B
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 123)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.45, -7.64, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.45, 55.22, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.8583, 79.4699, 30.2891)
Luminance	0.7947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87B #7B8DFA

analogous

#FAA87B #FAE87B #CCFA7B

triadic

#FAE87B #7BFAE8 #E87BFA

tetradic

#FAE87B #7BFAA8 #7B8DFA #FA7BCC

square

#FAE87B #7BFAA8 #7B8DFA #FA7BCC

split-complementary

#FAE87B #7BCCFA #A87BFA

monochromatic

#F1D109 #F8DE40 #FAE87B #FCF2B6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FAE87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87B

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87B	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)

#FAE271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa4',
    500: '#fae87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87b;
$custom-light: #feefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92364,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87B

secondary

#4257D7

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87B

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

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