#FAE97B#FAE97B

#FAE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE97B
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -8.14, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 55.60, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0245 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.1406, 80.0345, 30.3832)
Luminance	0.8003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE97B #7B8CFA

analogous

#FAAA7B #FAE97B #CBFA7B

triadic

#FAE97B #7BFAE9 #E97BFA

tetradic

#FAE97B #7BFAAA #7B8CFA #FA7BCB

square

#FAE97B #7BFAAA #7B8CFA #FA7BCB

split-complementary

#FAE97B #7BCBFA #AA7BFA

monochromatic

#F1D209 #F8DF40 #FAE97B #FCF3B6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#FAE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE97B

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE97B	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa4',
    500: '#fae97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae97b;
$custom-light: #feefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92565,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE97B

secondary

#4256D7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE97B

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

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