#FAE974#FAE974

#FAE974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE974
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -8.70, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 58.79, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0268 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7180, 79.8654, 28.1574)
Luminance	0.7986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE974 #7485FA

analogous

#FAA674 #FAE974 #C8FA74

triadic

#FAE974 #74FAE9 #E974FA

tetradic

#FAE974 #74FAA6 #7485FA #FA74C8

square

#FAE974 #74FAA6 #7485FA #FA74C8

split-complementary

#FAE974 #74C8FA #A674FA

monochromatic

#EBCE08 #F8E039 #FAE974 #FCF2AF #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#FAE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE974

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE974	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9f',
    500: '#fae974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae974;
$custom-light: #feef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92481,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE974

secondary

#3C50D6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE974

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

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