#FAE982#FAE982

#FAE982 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE982
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 130)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 48%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -7.53, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 52.34, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.022 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.5946, 80.2160, 32.7740)
Luminance	0.8021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE982 #8293FA

analogous

#FAAD82 #FAE982 #CFFA82

triadic

#FAE982 #82FAE9 #E982FA

tetradic

#FAE982 #82FAAD #8293FA #FA82CF

square

#FAE982 #82FAAD #8293FA #FA82CF

split-complementary

#FAE982 #82CFFA #AD82FA

monochromatic

#F5D40C #F8DF47 #FAE982 #FCF3BD #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#FAE982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE982

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE982	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa8',
    500: '#fae982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae982;
$custom-light: #feefa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92656,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE982

secondary

#485DD8

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE982

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

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