#FAE87C#FAE87C

#FAE87C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87C
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 124)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -7.55, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 54.76, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0227 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(71.9212, 79.4951, 30.6205)
Luminance	0.7949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87C #7C8EFA

analogous

#FAA97C #FAE87C #CDFA7C

triadic

#FAE87C #7CFAE8 #E87CFA

tetradic

#FAE87C #7CFAA9 #7C8EFA #FA7CCD

square

#FAE87C #7CFAA9 #7C8EFA #FA7CCD

split-complementary

#FAE87C #7CCDFA #A97CFA

monochromatic

#F2D109 #F8DE41 #FAE87C #FCF2B7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FAE87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87C

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87C	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa4',
    500: '#fae87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87c;
$custom-light: #feefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92377,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.79492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87C

secondary

#4358D7

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87C

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

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