#FAE97A#FAE97A

#FAE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE97A
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -8.22, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 56.06, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.55% -0.0248 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(92.55% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.0783, 80.0095, 30.0552)
Luminance	0.8001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE97A #7A8BFA

analogous

#FAA97A #FAE97A #CBFA7A

triadic

#FAE97A #7AFAE9 #E97AFA

tetradic

#FAE97A #7AFAA9 #7A8BFA #FA7ACB

square

#FAE97A #7AFAA9 #7A8BFA #FA7ACB

split-complementary

#FAE97A #7ACBFA #A97AFA

monochromatic

#F1D209 #F8DF3F #FAE97A #FCF3B5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#FAE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE97A

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE97A	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)

#FBE370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa3',
    500: '#fae97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae97a;
$custom-light: #feefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92553,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE97A

secondary

#4155D7

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE97A

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

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