#FAE87D#FAE87D

#FAE87D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87D
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -7.47, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 54.30, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.39% -0.0223 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(92.39% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.9848, 79.5205, 30.9552)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87D #7D8FFA

analogous

#FAA97D #FAE87D #CDFA7D

triadic

#FAE87D #7DFAE8 #E87DFA

tetradic

#FAE87D #7DFAA9 #7D8FFA #FA7DCD

square

#FAE87D #7DFAA9 #7D8FFA #FA7DCD

split-complementary

#FAE87D #7DCDFA #A97DFA

monochromatic

#F3D209 #F8DE42 #FAE87D #FCF2B8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FAE87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87D

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87D	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)

#FAE274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa5',
    500: '#fae87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87d;
$custom-light: #feefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92389,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87D

secondary

#4459D7

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87D

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

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