#FAE263#FAE263

#FAE263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.147 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE263
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -6.43, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 63.82, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0222 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.147 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8756, 75.6206, 22.7702)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE263 #637BFA

analogous

#FA9663 #FAE263 #C6FA63

triadic

#FAE263 #63FAE2 #E263FA

tetradic

#FAE263 #63FA96 #637BFA #FA63C6

square

#FAE263 #63FA96 #637BFA #FA63C6

split-complementary

#FAE263 #63C6FA #9663FA

monochromatic

#DCBA07 #F8D728 #FAE263 #FCED9E #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FAE263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE263

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE263	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.147 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea94',
    500: '#fae263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae263;
$custom-light: #ffea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90888,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE263

secondary

#2E48D4

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE263

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

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