#FAE467#FAE467

#FAE467 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE467
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 103)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -7.16, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 62.77, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0238 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6186, 76.7930, 23.9847)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE467 #677DFA

analogous

#FA9A67 #FAE467 #C7FA67

triadic

#FAE467 #67FAE4 #E467FA

tetradic

#FAE467 #67FA9A #677DFA #FA67C7

square

#FAE467 #67FA9A #677DFA #FA67C7

split-complementary

#FAE467 #67C7FA #9A67FA

monochromatic

#DFBF07 #F8D92C #FAE467 #FCEFA2 #FEF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE467 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#FAE467 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE467

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE467	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE467	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae467;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec97',
    500: '#fae467',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae467;
$custom-light: #ffec97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae467",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 93.631,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91331,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE467

secondary

#3149D4

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE467

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

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