#FAE565#FAE565

#FAE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE565
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -7.79, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 63.97, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0259 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.7953, 77.3051, 23.5543)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE565 #657AFA

analogous

#FA9B65 #FAE565 #C5FA65

triadic

#FAE565 #65FAE5 #E565FA

tetradic

#FAE565 #65FA9B #657AFA #FA65C5

square

#FAE565 #65FA9B #657AFA #FA65C5

split-complementary

#FAE565 #65C5FA #9B65FA

monochromatic

#DDBF07 #F8DB2A #FAE565 #FCEFA0 #FEF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#FAE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE565

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE565	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec95',
    500: '#fae565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae565;
$custom-light: #ffec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91511,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.77302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE565

secondary

#2F47D4

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE565

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

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