#FAE463#FAE463

#FAE463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE463
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -7.43, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 64.49, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0251 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.149 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.4226, 76.7146, 22.9526)
Luminance	0.7671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE463 #6379FA

analogous

#FA9863 #FAE463 #C5FA63

triadic

#FAE463 #63FAE4 #E463FA

tetradic

#FAE463 #63FA98 #6379FA #FA63C5

square

#FAE463 #63FA98 #6379FA #FA63C5

split-complementary

#FAE463 #63C5FA #9863FA

monochromatic

#DCBD07 #F8DA28 #FAE463 #FCEE9E #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#FAE463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE463

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE463	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.149 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec94',
    500: '#fae463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae463;
$custom-light: #ffec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9129,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE463

secondary

#2E46D4

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE463

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

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