#FAE983#FAE983

#FAE983 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE983
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 131)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 47.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -7.44, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 51.87, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.67% -0.0217 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(92.67% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(72.6620, 80.2430, 33.1292)
Luminance	0.8024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE983 #8394FA

analogous

#FAAE83 #FAE983 #CFFA83

triadic

#FAE983 #83FAE9 #E983FA

tetradic

#FAE983 #83FAAE #8394FA #FA83CF

square

#FAE983 #83FAAE #8394FA #FA83CF

split-complementary

#FAE983 #83CFFA #AE83FA

monochromatic

#F5D40D #F8DF48 #FAE983 #FCF3BE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#FAE983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE983

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE983	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa9',
    500: '#fae983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae983;
$custom-light: #feefa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 92.248,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9267,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.80241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE983

secondary

#495ED8

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE983

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

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