#FAE069#FAE069

#FAE069 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE069
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -5.02, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 60.57, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0175 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.6325, 74.6583, 24.1572)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE069 #6983FA

analogous

#FA9769 #FAE069 #CCFA69

triadic

#FAE069 #69FAE0 #E069FA

tetradic

#FAE069 #69FA97 #6983FA #FA69CC

square

#FAE069 #69FA97 #6983FA #FA69CC

split-complementary

#FAE069 #69CCFA #9769FA

monochromatic

#E1BA08 #F8D42E #FAE069 #FCECA4 #FEF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE069 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#FAE069 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE069

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE069	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE069	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae069;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe998',
    500: '#fae069',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae069;
$custom-light: #ffe998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae069",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9055,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE069

secondary

#3350D4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE069

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

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