#FAE167#FAE167

#FAE167 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.143 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE167
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 103)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -5.66, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 61.77, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0195 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.143 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8005, 75.1567, 23.7120)
Luminance	0.7515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE167 #6780FA

analogous

#FA9867 #FAE167 #CAFA67

triadic

#FAE167 #67FAE1 #E167FA

tetradic

#FAE167 #67FA98 #6780FA #FA67CA

square

#FAE167 #67FA98 #6780FA #FA67CA

split-complementary

#FAE167 #67CAFA #9867FA

monochromatic

#DFBB07 #F8D52C #FAE167 #FCEDA2 #FEF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#FAE167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE167

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE167	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE56D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.143 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea96',
    500: '#fae167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae167;
$custom-light: #ffea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 93.631,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90728,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE167

secondary

#314DD4

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE167

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

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