#FAE469#FAE469

#FAE469 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE469
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -7.02, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 61.90, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0232 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7202, 76.8336, 24.5198)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE469 #697FFA

analogous

#FA9C69 #FAE469 #C7FA69

triadic

#FAE469 #69FAE4 #E469FA

tetradic

#FAE469 #69FA9C #697FFA #FA69C7

square

#FAE469 #69FA9C #697FFA #FA69C7

split-complementary

#FAE469 #69C7FA #9C69FA

monochromatic

#E1C008 #F8D92E #FAE469 #FCEFA4 #FEF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FAE469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE469

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE469	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec98',
    500: '#fae469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae469;
$custom-light: #ffec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91351,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE469

secondary

#334BD4

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE469

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

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