#FAE569#FAE569

#FAE569 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE569
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -7.52, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 62.24, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0246 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.9961, 77.3854, 24.6117)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE569 #697EFA

analogous

#FA9C69 #FAE569 #C7FA69

triadic

#FAE569 #69FAE5 #E569FA

tetradic

#FAE569 #69FA9C #697EFA #FA69C7

square

#FAE569 #69FA9C #697EFA #FA69C7

split-complementary

#FAE569 #69C7FA #9C69FA

monochromatic

#E1C208 #F8DB2E #FAE569 #FCEFA4 #FEFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FAE569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE569

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE569	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec98',
    500: '#fae569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae569;
$custom-light: #ffec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91553,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE569

secondary

#334AD4

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE569

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

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