#FAE562#FAE562

#FAE562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.151 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE562
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -7.99, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 65.25, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0268 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.151 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.6510, 77.2474, 22.7943)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE562 #6277FA

analogous

#FA9962 #FAE562 #C3FA62

triadic

#FAE562 #62FAE5 #E562FA

tetradic

#FAE562 #62FA99 #6277FA #FA62C3

square

#FAE562 #62FA99 #6277FA #FA62C3

split-complementary

#FAE562 #62C3FA #9962FA

monochromatic

#DBBD07 #F8DB27 #FAE562 #FCEF9D #FEF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FAE562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE562

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE562	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)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.151 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec93',
    500: '#fae562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae562;
$custom-light: #ffec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 93.827,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91482,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE562

secondary

#2D44D3

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE562

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

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