#FAE063#FAE063

#FAE063 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE063
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -5.42, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 63.17, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0193 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.146 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.3350, 74.5392, 22.5900)
Luminance	0.7454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE063 #637DFA

analogous

#FA9463 #FAE063 #C8FA63

triadic

#FAE063 #63FAE0 #E063FA

tetradic

#FAE063 #63FA94 #637DFA #FA63C8

square

#FAE063 #63FA94 #637DFA #FA63C8

split-complementary

#FAE063 #63C8FA #9463FA

monochromatic

#DCB707 #F8D428 #FAE063 #FCEC9E #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#FAE063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE063

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE063	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.146 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe994',
    500: '#fae063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae063;
$custom-light: #ffe994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90487,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE063

secondary

#2E4AD4

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE063

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

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