#FAE976#FAE976

#FAE976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE976
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -8.54, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 57.88, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0262 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(71.8356, 79.9124, 28.7767)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE976 #7687FA

analogous

#FAA776 #FAE976 #C9FA76

triadic

#FAE976 #76FAE9 #E976FA

tetradic

#FAE976 #76FAA7 #7687FA #FA76C9

square

#FAE976 #76FAA7 #7687FA #FA76C9

split-complementary

#FAE976 #76C9FA #A776FA

monochromatic

#EDD009 #F8E03B #FAE976 #FCF2B1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#FAE976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE976

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE976	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)

#FBE36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#fae976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae976;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92504,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.7991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE976

secondary

#3E52D6

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE976

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

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