#FAE163#FAE163

#FAE163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE163
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -5.93, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 63.50, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0207 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.6045, 75.0783, 22.6799)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE163 #637CFA

analogous

#FA9563 #FAE163 #C7FA63

triadic

#FAE163 #63FAE1 #E163FA

tetradic

#FAE163 #63FA95 #637CFA #FA63C7

square

#FAE163 #63FA95 #637CFA #FA63C7

split-complementary

#FAE163 #63C7FA #9563FA

monochromatic

#DCB807 #F8D628 #FAE163 #FCEC9E #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#FAE163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE163

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE163	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea94',
    500: '#fae163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae163;
$custom-light: #ffea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90688,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE163

secondary

#2E49D4

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE163

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

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