#FAE87F#FAE87F

#FAE87F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE87F
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 127)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -7.30, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 53.37, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0216 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1139, 79.5721, 31.6349)
Luminance	0.7957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE87F #7F91FA

analogous

#FAAB7F #FAE87F #CEFA7F

triadic

#FAE87F #7FFAE8 #E87FFA

tetradic

#FAE87F #7FFAAB #7F91FA #FA7FCE

square

#FAE87F #7FFAAB #7F91FA #FA7FCE

split-complementary

#FAE87F #7FCEFA #AB7FFA

monochromatic

#F5D30A #F8DD44 #FAE87F #FCF3BA #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#FAE87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE87F

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE87F	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)

#F9E376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa6',
    500: '#fae87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae87f;
$custom-light: #feefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 92.481,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92415,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE87F

secondary

#465BD7

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE87F

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

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