#FAE267#FAE267

#FAE267 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.144 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE267
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 103)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -6.16, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 62.10, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.021 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.144 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.0716, 75.6990, 23.8024)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE267 #677FFA

analogous

#FA9967 #FAE267 #C9FA67

triadic

#FAE267 #67FAE2 #E267FA

tetradic

#FAE267 #67FA99 #677FFA #FA67C9

square

#FAE267 #67FA99 #677FFA #FA67C9

split-complementary

#FAE267 #67C9FA #9967FA

monochromatic

#DFBC07 #F8D72C #FAE267 #FCEDA2 #FEF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE267 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#FAE267 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE267

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE267	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE267	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae267;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.144 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea96',
    500: '#fae267',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae267;
$custom-light: #ffea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae267",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 93.631,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90929,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE267

secondary

#314CD4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE267

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

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