#FAE461#FAE461

#FAE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.151 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE461
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -7.56, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 65.33, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0256 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.151 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3282, 76.6768, 22.4552)
Luminance	0.7667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE461 #6177FA

analogous

#FA9861 #FAE461 #C3FA61

triadic

#FAE461 #61FAE4 #E461FA

tetradic

#FAE461 #61FA98 #6177FA #FA61C3

square

#FAE461 #61FA98 #6177FA #FA61C3

split-complementary

#FAE461 #61C3FA #9861FA

monochromatic

#DABB07 #F8DA26 #FAE461 #FCEE9C #FEF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#FAE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE461

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE461	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.151 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec93',
    500: '#fae461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae461;
$custom-light: #ffec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.373,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91271,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE461

secondary

#2C44D3

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE461

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

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