#FAE561#FAE561

#FAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.152 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE561
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -8.06, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 65.67, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0271 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.152 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6041, 77.2286, 22.5472)
Luminance	0.7723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE561 #6176FA

analogous

#FA9961 #FAE561 #C2FA61

triadic

#FAE561 #61FAE5 #E561FA

tetradic

#FAE561 #61FA99 #6176FA #FA61C2

square

#FAE561 #61FA99 #6176FA #FA61C2

split-complementary

#FAE561 #61C2FA #9961FA

monochromatic

#DABD07 #F8DB26 #FAE561 #FCEF9C #FEF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FAE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE561

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE561	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.152 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec93',
    500: '#fae561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae561;
$custom-light: #ffec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91472,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE561

secondary

#2C43D3

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE561

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

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