#FAE985#FAE985

#FAE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE985
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -7.26, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 50.93, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.7% -0.0209 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(92.7% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.7989, 80.2978, 33.8500)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE985 #8596FA

analogous

#FAAE85 #FAE985 #D1FA85

triadic

#FAE985 #85FAE9 #E985FA

tetradic

#FAE985 #85FAAE #8596FA #FA85D1

square

#FAE985 #85FAAE #8596FA #FA85D1

split-complementary

#FAE985 #85D1FA #AE85FA

monochromatic

#F5D40F #F8DE4A #FAE985 #FCF4C0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#FAE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE985

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE985	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefaa',
    500: '#fae985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae985;
$custom-light: #feefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92697,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE985

secondary

#4B60D8

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE985

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

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