#FAE269#FAE269

#FAE269 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE269
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -6.02, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 61.23, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0203 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1732, 75.7396, 24.3374)
Luminance	0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE269 #6981FA

analogous

#FA9A69 #FAE269 #CAFA69

triadic

#FAE269 #69FAE2 #E269FA

tetradic

#FAE269 #69FA9A #6981FA #FA69CA

square

#FAE269 #69FA9A #6981FA #FA69CA

split-complementary

#FAE269 #69CAFA #9A69FA

monochromatic

#E1BD08 #F8D72E #FAE269 #FCEDA4 #FEF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#FAE269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE269

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE269	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#fae269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae269;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9095,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE269

secondary

#334ED4

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE269

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

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