#FAE169#FAE169

#FAE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.142 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE169
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -5.52, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 60.90, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0189 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.142 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.9021, 75.1974, 24.2470)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE169 #6982FA

analogous

#FA9969 #FAE169 #CBFA69

triadic

#FAE169 #69FAE1 #E169FA

tetradic

#FAE169 #69FA99 #6982FA #FA69CB

square

#FAE169 #69FA99 #6982FA #FA69CB

split-complementary

#FAE169 #69CBFA #9969FA

monochromatic

#E1BC08 #F8D52E #FAE169 #FCEDA4 #FEF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#FAE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE169

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE169	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.142 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#fae169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae169;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9075,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE169

secondary

#334FD4

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE169

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

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