#FAE87E#FAE87E

#FAE87E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87E
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -7.38, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 53.83, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.4% -0.022 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(92.4% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.0490, 79.5462, 31.2933)
Luminance	0.7954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87E #7E90FA

analogous

#FAAA7E #FAE87E #CEFA7E

triadic

#FAE87E #7EFAE8 #E87EFA

tetradic

#FAE87E #7EFAAA #7E90FA #FA7ECE

square

#FAE87E #7EFAAA #7E90FA #FA7ECE

split-complementary

#FAE87E #7ECEFA #AA7EFA

monochromatic

#F4D209 #F8DD43 #FAE87E #FCF3B9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#FAE87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87E

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87E	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa5',
    500: '#fae87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87e;
$custom-light: #feefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92402,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87E

secondary

#455AD7

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87E

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

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