#FAE563#FAE563

#FAE563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE563
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -7.93, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 64.82, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0265 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.6985, 77.2664, 23.0445)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE563 #6378FA

analogous

#FA9963 #FAE563 #C3FA63

triadic

#FAE563 #63FAE5 #E563FA

tetradic

#FAE563 #63FA99 #6378FA #FA63C3

square

#FAE563 #63FA99 #6378FA #FA63C3

split-complementary

#FAE563 #63C3FA #9963FA

monochromatic

#DCBE07 #F8DB28 #FAE563 #FCEF9E #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FAE563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE563

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE563	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)

#F9DF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec94',
    500: '#fae563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae563;
$custom-light: #ffec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91492,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE563

secondary

#2E45D4

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE563

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

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