#FAE979#FAE979

#FAE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE979
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -8.30, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 56.51, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.0251 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.0167, 79.9849, 29.7306)
Luminance	0.7998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE979 #798AFA

analogous

#FAA879 #FAE979 #CAFA79

triadic

#FAE979 #79FAE9 #E979FA

tetradic

#FAE979 #79FAA8 #798AFA #FA79CA

square

#FAE979 #79FAA8 #798AFA #FA79CA

split-complementary

#FAE979 #79CAFA #A879FA

monochromatic

#F0D109 #F8DF3E #FAE979 #FCF3B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#FAE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE979

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE979	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa2',
    500: '#fae979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae979;
$custom-light: #feefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9254,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE979

secondary

#4154D7

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE979

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

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