#FAE972#FAE972

#FAE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE972
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -8.86, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 59.68, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0275 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6029, 79.8194, 27.5513)
Luminance	0.7982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE972 #7283FA

analogous

#FAA572 #FAE972 #C7FA72

triadic

#FAE972 #72FAE9 #E972FA

tetradic

#FAE972 #72FAA5 #7283FA #FA72C7

square

#FAE972 #72FAA5 #7283FA #FA72C7

split-complementary

#FAE972 #72C7FA #A572FA

monochromatic

#E9CD08 #F8E037 #FAE972 #FCF2AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FAE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE972

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE972	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9e',
    500: '#fae972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae972;
$custom-light: #ffef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92457,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE972

secondary

#3B4ED6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE972

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

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