#FAE975#FAE975

#FAE975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE975
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -8.62, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 58.33, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0265 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7765, 79.8888, 28.4654)
Luminance	0.7989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE975 #7586FA

analogous

#FAA775 #FAE975 #C9FA75

triadic

#FAE975 #75FAE9 #E975FA

tetradic

#FAE975 #75FAA7 #7586FA #FA75C9

square

#FAE975 #75FAA7 #7586FA #FA75C9

split-complementary

#FAE975 #75C9FA #A775FA

monochromatic

#ECCF09 #F8E03A #FAE975 #FCF2B0 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#FAE975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE975

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE975	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#fae975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae975;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92492,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE975

secondary

#3D51D6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE975

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

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